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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 “paleography” 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.

35 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
paleography224617(None) 
paleographer20115732paleographer
paleographic2276552paleographic
phlebography2853612phlebography
planography2255162planography
allograph1547533_allograph_
allographs1648063_allographs
autography1947623_autography
cacography2345833ca_cography
calligraphy2262563calligraphy
cartography2246783cartography
filmography2554173filmography
flexography3053443_flexography
geography1946453__geography
hagiography2445503hagiography
holography2278613hol_ography
ideography2046213_ideography
mammography2353813mammography
oleograph1547363_oleograph_
oleographs1647853_oleographs
paleogeography2682203paleogeography
paleographers21114243paleographers
paleographies2155733paleographies
pantograph1847063pantograph_
pantographs1946573pantographs
petrography2247543petrography
phonography2568303phonography
photography25410073photography
pictography2446073pictography
polarography2353903polarography
pornography2246213pornography
radiography2165943radiography
telegraphy1954373tele_graphy
videography2454433videography
xylography2945003xyl_ography

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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633354.87324960.6
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691355.29533747.1
 
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