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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 “demographical” 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.

40 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
demographical245417(None) 
demographic2247862demographic__
demographically2963882demographically
demographics2355762demographic_s
geographical2164532ge_ographical
biographical2254513_biographical
cacographical2263413cacographical
cosmographical2693323cosmographical
demographies2156413demographi_es
discographical2562833discographical
epigraphical2263583_epigraphical
orographical2054393_orographical
petrographical2463883petrographical
topographical2354213topographical
typographical2663893typographical
xylographical3163573xylographical
cartographical2463334cartographical
chirographical2783504chirographical
demographer2046374demograph__er
demographers2154564demograph_ers
demography2246974demograph___y
ethnographical2563214ethnographical
geographic1947754ge_ographic__
geographically2664584ge_ographically
graphical1745884____graphical
hagiographical2663214hagiographical
homographic24410074homographic__
iconographical2463284iconographical
ideographic2056874ide_ographic__
ideographically27113714ide_ographically
kymographic2845734kymographic__
lexicographical3292214lexicographical
nomographic2147924nomographic__
oceanographical2572244oceanographical
orthographical2563054orthographical
paleographical2463654paleographical
renographic1947404renographic__
tomographic2148774tomographic__
xerographic2667924xerographic__
xerographically3363644xerographically

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit95024404.76619937.9
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691404.90536430.4
 
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