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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 “pornography” 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.

40 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
pornography224621(None) 
aortography2046402aortography
orography1847952_or_ography
phonography2568302phonography
planography2255162planography
pornographer2056002pornographer
pornographic2286652pornographic
sonography1947202so_nography
cartography2246783cartography
choreography2656003choreography
chorography2548453chor_ography
chronography26125743chronography
coronograph19124933coronograph_
coronographs20124923coronographs
cosmography2445593cosmography
ethnography2355143ethnography
holography2278613ho_lography
iconography2245453iconography
monograph1748643mo_nograph_
monographs1848883mo_nographs
nomography2166803no_mography
orthography2355173_orthography
paleography2246173paleography
petrography2247543petrography
phonograph2148813phonograph_
phonographs2248903phonographs
photography25410073photography
pictography2446073pictography
polarography2353903polarography
pornographers2164483pornographers
pornographies2165963pornographies
renography1947023_renography
scenography2254843scenography
stenography2045603stenography
tomography2177793to_mography
topography2177093to_pography
uranography2054183uranography
venography2245763_venography
xerography2647173xer_ography
zoography2745663zo__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 Limit121633405.07623962.4
3Display Results40400.0331212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691405.24934042.9
 
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