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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 “oceanographic” 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.

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
oceanographic235340(None) 
oceanographer2162962oceanographer
oceanographical2572242oceanographical
oceanographies2263052oceanographies
oceanography2353412oceanograph_y
scenographic2275192sce_nographic
iconographic2255613ic_onographic
oceanographers2262293oceanographers
planographic2255463_planographic
renographic1947403_re_nographic
stenographic2055903ste_nographic
barographic2146564__barographic
cartographic2266754_cartographic
chirographic2556374_chirographic
chorographic2548554_chorographic
chronographic2655514chronographic
cosmographic2455784_cosmographic
demographic2247864_de_mographic
ethnographic2355314_ethnographic
flexographic3063994fle_xographic
geographic1947754_ge__ographic
heliographic2356944_heliographic
ideographic2056874ide__ographic
monographic2148554__monographic
orographic1849074o___rographic
orthographic2355634o_rthographic
oscillographic2481984oscillographic
pantographic2256574__pantographic
petrographic2278024_petrographic
phonographic2548434_phonographic
polarographic2394134polarographic
pornographic2286654_pornographic
reprographic2296654_reprographic
scenographer2064694sce_nographer
scenographies21124524sce_nographies
scenography2254844sce_nograph_y
stereographic2154884stereographic
thermographic2655654thermographic
xerographic2667924_xe_rographic

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 Filter178691950240.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit95024396.09615587.9
3Display Results39390.046847.8
 (SQL Overall)178691396.26528522.1
 
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