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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 “telephotography” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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
telephotography298173(None) 
photography25410074____photography
rephotograph2364184__rephotograph_
rephotographs2464034__rephotographs
encephalography31132235encephalography
phonography2568305____phonography
photograph21411015____photograph_
photographs22411475____photographs
rephotographed2663225__rephotographed
telegraphy1954375tele_____graphy
astrophotograph2681646astrophotograph_
chorography2548456____chorography
cinematography2772656cine_matography
cryptography2854566_cryp__tography
encephalograph27142526encephalograph_
encephalographs28142216encephalographs
ethnography2355146___eth_nography
flexography3053446_fle___xography
fluorography2453266_fl__uorography
holography2278616_____holography
lexicography3052556__le_xicography
lithography2365376__lith__ography
lymphography3153026_lymph__ography
macrophotograph3081996macrophotograph_
microphotograph3082286microphotograph_
nonphotographic28141926_nonphotographic
paleogeography2682206pale_ogeography
paleography2246176pale____ography
phlebography2853616phle___bography
phonograph2148816____phonograph_
phonographs2248906____phonographs
photographed2458666____photographed
photographer2349696____photographer
photographic25410316____photographic
pictography2446076____pictography
plethysmography3481766_plethysmography
rephotographing2772016__rephotographing
reprography2246526__rep__rography
semipornography2871076semipornography
stereography2154976stere____ography
telegraph1545146tele_____graph_
telegraphs1645196tele_____graphs
telephonically2462466telepho_nically
telephoto1453186telephoto______
telephotos1552616telephoto_____s
thermography2655336t_he__rmography
tomography2177796t_____omography
topography2177096t_____opography
typography2495896t__yp___ography

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 Filter178691950240.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit95024496.61014375.8
3Display Results49490.0301633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691496.89025934.8
 
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