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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 “photography” 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.

49 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
photography2541007(None) 
phonography2568301phonography
photograph21411011photograph_
photographs22411461photographs
chorography2548452chorography
holography2278612_holography
phonograph2148802phonograph_
phonographs2248902phonographs
photographed2458652photographed
photographer2349682photographer
photographic25410302photographic
pictography2446072pictography
aortography2046403aortography
autography1947623_autography
cartography2246783cartography
chirography2546133chirography
choreography2656003choreography
chronography26125743chronography
holograph1879663_holograph_
holographs1979983_holographs
homograph20810413_homograph_
homographs21710543_homographs
iconography2245453iconography
nomography2166803_nomography
orography1847953__orography
paleography2246173paleography
pantograph1847063pantograph_
pantographs1946573pantographs
petrography2247543petrography
phlebography2853613phlebography
phonographer2347863phonographer
phonographic2548433phonographic
photogram1748233photogra__m
photograms1848193photogra_ms
photographers2457163photographers
photographies2459383photographies
photographing2565973photographing
physiography2954493physiography
pictograph2046653pictograph_
pictographs2146553pictographs
planography2255163planography
pornography2246213pornography
prototrophy21254493prototrophy
rephotograph2364183rephotograph_
rephotographs2464033rephotographs
sonography1947203_sonography
tomography2177793_tomography
topography2177093_topography
zoography2745663_zo_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 Filter1786911216330.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121633495.47022236.4
3Display Results49490.0301633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691495.64031682.8
 
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