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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 “crystallography” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

39 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
crystallography2912122(None) 
cryptography2854564crypt___ography
metallography2462944__metallography
calligraphy2262565c____alligraphy
cryptograph2454645crypt___ograph_
cryptographs2554575crypt___ographs
crystalloidal19101885crystalloida__l
oscillography2482155__oscillography
stylography2354535___st_ylography
allograph1547536_____allograph_
allographs1648066_____allographs
arteriography2263386ar__teriography
cacography2345836c____a_cography
cartography2246786c____artography
chromatography30134386chroma_tography
cinematography2772656cinema_tography
cosmography2445596c_os___mography
cryptographer2663746crypt___ographer
cryptographic2864466crypt___ographic
crystallinity2172206crystall__inity
crystallizable3071656crystall_izable
crystalloid1762926crystallo____id
crystalloids1862736crystallo___ids
historiography2672336_historiography
metallographer2262336__metallographer
metallographic2462416__metallographic
mythography2854406_my_t__hography
orthography2355176or__t__hography
oscillograph2062106__oscillograph_
oscillographs2162096__oscillographs
paleography2246176____paleography
physiography2954496phys___iography
phytogeography3262736phy_togeography
prosopography2362876pros__opography
radiography2165946_r___adiography
stenography2045606___st_enography
stereography2154976___stereography
uranography2054186ur___a_nography
xylography2945006_xy____lography

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 Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024397.56312564.3
3Display Results39390.0301300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691397.93622516.5
 
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