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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 “telegraphing” 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.

35 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
telegraphing196297(None) 
telegramming1852192telegramming
telegraphic1954932telegraphi_c
telegraphies1854772telegraphies
telegraphist1863602telegraphist
heliographing2353323heliographing
holographing2275043holographing
polygraphing2452673polygraphing
stereographing21112423stereographing
telegraph1545143telegraph___
telegraphed1853863telegraph_ed
telegrapher1754503telegraph_er
telegraphers1853793telegraphers
telegraphese1852473telegraphese
telegraphists1961873telegraphists
telegraphs1645193telegraph__s
telegraphy1954373telegraph__y
typographing2453353typographing
xylographing2952793xylographing
autographing1954004autographing
beleaping1436744bele__ap_ing
celebrating1646114celebra_ting
delegating1337674deleg_a_ting
graphing1538534____graphing
hectographing2562824hectographing
mimeographing2462274mimeographing
monographing2154314monographing
paragraphing2152354paragraphing
relegating1239484releg_a_ting
telecasting1443794tele_casting
telegrapheses1961674telegrapheses
telescoping1652604telescop_ing
teleshopping2081694teleshopping
teletyping1642474tele_typ_ing
tolerating1148594tole_ra_ting

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790357.28317134.4
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.68923239.8
 
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