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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 “spectrographic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

24 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
spectrographic266287(None) 
petrographic2278022_pe_trographic
spectrograph22123522spectrograph__
spectrographies2562442spectrographies
spectrographs23113382spectrograph_s
spectrography26123382spectrograph_y
pictographic2456383_pict_ographic
micrographic2467124_mic_rographic
pantographic2256574_pant_ographic
petrographer2057284_pe_trographer
petrographical2463884_pe_trographical
petrographies2157144_pe_trographies
petrography2247544_pe_trograph_y
photographic25410314_phot_ographic
polarographic2394134_polarographic
reprographic2296654_re_prographic
scenographic2275194s__cenographic
seismographic2373784s_eismographic
spectrogram1852814spectrogra___m
spectrograms1952634spectrogra__ms
spectroscopic2062824spectroscop_ic
stenographic2055904ste__nographic
stereographic2154884ste_reographic
xerographic2667924_xe__rographic

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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874243.32619805.8
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691243.65548889.5
 
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