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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 “typographer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 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
typographer225534(None) 
topographer1946691topographer
typographed2354681typographed
typographers2354071typographers
topographers2055072topographers
typograph2086312typograph__
typographic2456452typographic
typographies23105662typographies
typographs2196482typograph_s
typography2495892typograph_y
xylographer2754832xylographer
biographer18126513_biographer
cryptographer2663743cryptographer
demographer2046373demographer
epigrapher1854063_epigrapher
ethnographer2184783ethnographer
geographer1746163_geographer
holographer2088393holographer
hydrographer2555803hydrographer
mythographer26124513mythographer
reprographer2056253reprographer
stenographer1875303stenographer
telegrapher1754503telegrapher
topograph1787483topograph__
topographic2167713topographic
topographies20116933topographies
topographs1888043topograph_s
topography2177093topograph_y
typographing2453353typographing
xylographed2854223xylographed
xylographers2853813xylographers

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911216330.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121633314.46627235.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.87536654.6
 
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