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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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54 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
hydrographers265416(None) 
hydrographer2555801hydrographer_
hydrographies2675802hydrographies
chirographers2494693chirographers
chorographers24106123chorographers
hagiographers2353743hagiographers
holographers2166223h_olographers
hydrocrackers2861573hydrocrackers
hydrographic2756363hydrograph_ic
hydrography2746193hydrograph__y
hygrographs2455503hygrograph__s
mythographers2793633mythographers
petrographers2155073petrographers
physiographers2863403physiographers
reprographers2154663reprographers
typographers2354073ty_pographers
videographers2353403videographers
xylographers2853813xy_lographers
biographers19155114__biographers
cartographers2194464cartographers
chirographer23106064chirographer_
choreographers2594534choreographers
chorographer23118244chorographer_
cosmographers2353594cosmographers
cryptographers2762914cryptographers
demographers2154564_demographers
discographers2253194discographers
ethnographers2293584ethnographers
geographers1854784__geographers
hagiographer2255014hagiographer_
holographer2088394h_olographer_
hydrocracker2762114hydrocracker_
hydrosphere2353404hydro__sphere
hydrospheres2453394hydro__spheres
hygrograph2355444hygrograph___
iconographers2153634iconographers
lithographers2253904lithographers
mythographer26124514mythographer_
paleographers21114244paleographers
paragraphers2093034_paragraphers
petrographer2057284petrographer_
phonographers2465804phonographers
photographers2457174photographers
physiographer2754344physiographer_
pornographers2164494pornographers
reprographer2056254reprographer_
scenographers2173624scenographers
serigraphers1853574_serigraphers
stenographers19104094stenographers
thermographers2553684thermographers
topographers2055074_topographers
typographer2255344ty_pographer_
videographer2254324videographer_
xylographer2754834xy_lographer_

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit95024544.62320554.6
3Display Results54540.0331636.4
 (SQL Overall)178691545.04635412.4
 
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