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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 “photograph” 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.

47 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
photograph2141101(None) 
phonograph2148811phonograph
photographs22411471photographs
photography25410071photography
holograph1879662_holograph
homograph20810412_homograph
pantograph1847062pantograph
phonographs2248902phonographs
phonography2568302phonography
photogram1748232photogra_m
photograms1848192photograms
photographed2458662photographed
photographer2349692photographer
photographic25410312photographic
pictograph2046652pictograph
rephotograph2364182rephotograph
autograph1548893_autograph
bolograph1767293_bolograph
choreograph2256153choreograph
chorography2548453chorography
chronograph22146073chronograph
hectograph2146263hectograph
holographs1979983_holographs
holography2278613_holography
homographs21710543_homographs
logograph1646583_logograph
monograph1748643_monograph
nomograph1787543_nomograph
odograph1577333__odograph
pantographs1946573pantographs
phonogram1746363phonogra_m
phonograms1845703phonograms
phonographer2347863phonographer
phonographic2548433phonographic
photoflash2153533photoflash
photographers2457173photographers
photographies2459413photographies
photographing2565983photographing
photomap1745523photo_map_
photomaps1845603photo_maps
pictographs2146553pictographs
pictography2446073pictography
polygraph2045103p_olygraph
prototroph17235683prototroph
rephotographs2464033rephotographs
tomograph1788713_tomograph
topograph1787483_topograph

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603476.42321890.5
3Display Results47470.0331424.2
 (SQL Overall)178691476.87625987.6
 
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