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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 “hektograms” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

28 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
hektograms2012373(None) 
hectograms18114811hectograms
hektogram1994321hektogram_
hectogram17115812hectogram_
heliograms1644852heliograms
histograms1644362histograms
aerograms1248153ae_rograms
cartograms1545113cartograms
centigrams1543083centigrams
dekagrams1742823dek_agrams
deprograms1655463deprograms
echograms1745653_echograms
ethograms1545433_ethograms
genograms1345623ge_nograms
hectograph2146263hectograph
hectographs2256203hectographs
heliogram1545573heliogram_
hexagrams2243093he_xagrams
histogram1544553histogram_
holograms1547363h_olograms
nephograms1844493nephograms
pentagrams1543163pentagrams
photograms1848193photograms
pictograms1744623pictograms
renograms1246763re_nograms
reprograms1556223reprograms
thermograms1964483thermograms
venograms1545473ve_nograms

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603286.07623140.7
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.49827499.4
 
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