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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “phonograph” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

45 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
phonograph214881(None) 
phonographs2248901phonographs
phonography2568301phonography
photograph21411011photograph
chronograph22146072chronograph
holograph1879662_holograph
homograph20810412_homograph
monograph1748642_monograph
phonogram1746362phonogra_m
phonograms1845702phonograms
phonographer2347862phonographer
phonographic2548432phonographic
photographs22411472photographs
photography25410072photography
bolograph1767293_bolograph
choreograph2256153choreograph
chorography2548453chorography
chronographs23145843chronographs
chronography26125743chronography
coronograph19124933coronograph
holographs1979983_holographs
holography2278613_holography
homographs21710543_homographs
iconography2245453iconography
logograph1646583_logograph
monographs1848883_monographs
nomograph1787543_nomograph
odograph1577333__odograph
pantograph1847063pantograph
phonogramic2154573phonogramic
phonographers2465803phonographers
phonographies2447473phonographies
photogram1748233photogra_m
photograms1848193photograms
photographed2458663photographed
photographer2349693photographer
photographic25410313photographic
pictograph2046653pictograph
planography2255163planography
polygraph2045103p_olygraph
pornography2246213pornography
rephotograph2364183rephotograph
sonography1947203_sonography
tomograph1788713_tomograph
topograph1787483_topograph

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911406030.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit140603455.75024452.7
3Display Results45450.0301500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691456.19028867.7
 
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