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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 “petrographical” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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77 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
petrographical246389(None) 
petrographic2278022petrographic__
cartographical2463343cartographical
chirographical2783503chirographical
demographical2454173de_mographical
ethnographical2563213_ethnographical
geographical2164533ge__ographical
orographical2054393__orographical
orthographical2563053orthographical
paleographical2463663paleographical
petrographies2157143petrographi_es
biographical2254514__biographical
cacographical2263414_cacographical
cosmographical2693324cosmographical
discographical2562834discographical
epigraphical2263584_e_pigraphical
hagiographical2663224hagiographical
iconographical2463284iconographical
lexicographical3292214lexicographical
oceanographical2572244oceanographical
petrographer2057284petrograph__er
petrographers2155074petrograph_ers
petrography2247544petrograph___y
physiographical3172864physiographical
reprographic2296654reprographic__
reprographics2395174reprographic_s
spectrographic2662874spectrographic__
topographical2354214_topographical
typographical2663894_typographical
xerographic2667924xe_rographic__
xerographically3363644xe_rographically
xylographical3163574_xylographical
aortographic2056455aortographic__
autographic1948045aut_ographic__
autographically2663805aut_ographically
barographic2146565_barographic__
bibliographical2772465bibliographical
biogeographical2682735biogeographical
cartographic2266755cartographic__
chirographic2556375chirographic__
chorographic2548555chorographic__
demographic2247865de_mographic__
demographically2963885de_mographically
demographics2355765de_mographic_s
ethnographic2355315_ethnographic__
geographic1947755ge__ographic__
geographically2664585ge__ographically
graphical1745885_____graphical
heliographic2356945heliographic__
hieroglyphical2871565hieroglyphical
hydrographic2756365hydrographic__
lithographic2355695lithographic__
micrographic2467125micrographic__
micrographics2555645micrographic_s
nonbiographical2572235nonbiographical
orographic1849075__orographic__
orthographic2355635orthographic__
paleographic2276555paleographic__
pantographic2256585pantographic__
paragraphic2154185p_aragraphic__
petrochemical2463915petro_chemical
petrological1758595petro__logical
phonographic2548435phonographic__
photographic25410315photographic__
pictographic2456385pictographic__
planographic2255465planographic__
polarographic2394135polarographic__
pornographic2286655pornographic__
renographic1947405re_nographic__
reprographies2196095reprographi_es
spectrographies2562445spectrographi_es
stenographic2055905stenographic__
stereographic2154885stereographic__
triglyphical2361105__triglyphical
trigraphic1854765__trigraphic__
xerographies2586715xe_rographi_es
zoogeographical332134495zoogeographical

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024776.15615436.0
3Display Results77770.0461673.9
 (SQL Overall)178691776.56227231.2
 
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