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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fortelegraphed” 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.

19 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
telegraphed185386(None) 
telegrapher1754501telegrapher
telegrammed1751942telegrammed
telegraph1545142telegraph__
telegraphers1853792telegraphers
telegraphese1852472telegraphese
telegraphic1954932telegraphic
telegraphies1854772telegraphies
telegraphs1645192telegraph_s
telegraphy1954372telegraph_y
heliographed2275513heliographed
holographed21107623holographed
polygraphed2353613polygraphed
stereographed2053903stereographed
telegrapheses1961673telegrapheses
telegraphing1962973telegraphing
telegraphist1863603telegraphist
typographed2354683typographed
xylographed2854223xylographed

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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633194.81325271.8
3Display Results19190.0161187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691195.21934238.6