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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]

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81 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
biogeographers2382914biogeographers
biographers19155114__biographers
cartographer2096114cartographer_
chirographer23106064chirographer_
choreographer2495744choreographer_
chorographies2487434chorographies
cosmographers2353594cosmographers
cryptographers2762914cryptographers
demographers2154564_demographers
discographers2253194discographers
ethnographers2293584ethnographers
geographers1854784__geographers
glossographers2161764glossographers
hagiographers2353744hagiographers
holographed21107624_holographe_d
holographies2148124_holographies
holographs1979984_holograph__s
homographs21710544_homograph__s
hydrographers2654164hydrographers
iconographer2054894iconographer_
lithographers2253904lithographers
mythographers2793634mythographers
paleographer20115734paleographer_
pantographs1946574pantograph__s
paragraphers2093034p_aragraphers
petrographer2057284petrographer_
phonograph2148814phonograph___
phonographic2548434phonograph_ic
phonography2568304phonograph__y
photocopiers2154964photo_copiers
photoengravers2391664photoengra_vers
photoflashes2353074photoflashe_s
photogrammetry2771234photogrammetry
photograms1848194photogra___ms
photogravure2182324photogra_vure
photosphere2155924photo__sphere
photospheres2255804photo__spheres
physiographer2754344physiographer_
pictographies2355634pictographies
pictographs2146554pictograph__s
polygrapher2254064p_olygrapher_
pornographer2056014pornographer_
rephotographed2663224rephotographe_d
rephotographs2464034rephotograph__s
reprographers2154664reprographers
scenographers2173624scenographers
stenographers19104094stenographers
thermographers2553684thermographers
topographer1946694_topographer_
typographers2354074_typographers
videographers2353404videographers
xylographers2853814_xylographers
zoogeographers3062374zoogeographers

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024815.33017828.1
3Display Results81810.0631285.7
 (SQL Overall)178691815.75331060.5
 
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