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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 “photographers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

28 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
photographers245717(None) 
phonographers2465801phonographers
photographer2349691photographer_
chorographers24106122chorographers
holographers2166222_holographers
phonographer2347862phonographer_
photographed2458662photographe_d
photographies2459412photographies
photographs22411472photograph__s
cartographers2194463cartographers
chirographers2494693chirographers
choreographers2594533choreographers
chorographer23118243chorographer_
holographer2088393_holographer_
iconographers2153633iconographers
paleographers21114243paleographers
petrographers2155073petrographers
phonographies2447473phonographies
phonographs2248903phonograph__s
photograph21411013photograph___
photographic25410313photograph_ic
photographing2565983photographing
photography25410073photograph__y
photogravures2272193photogravures
physiographers2863403physiographers
polygraphers2353403p_olygraphers
pornographers2164493pornographers
topographers2055073_topographers

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.623286823.4
2DLD Change Limit65874282.50326318.0
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691283.13956926.1
 
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