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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 “paradrop” 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.

41 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
paradrop134460(None) 
paradrops1444961paradrops
eardrop1065222ear_drop
parador103311412parad_or
paradors113411902paradors
parados103816052parad_os
paradox17358172parad_ox
paratroop1352992paratroop
airdrop1044423_airdrop
backdrop19114253backdrop
eardrops1165303ear_drops
hardtop1345053har_dtop
malaprop1443073malaprop
papadom1466763papad_om
parachor1546653parachor
parade94720643parad__e
paraded114014263parad_ed
parader103914863parad_er
paraders113113113paraders
parades104121463parad_es
paradigm1446243paradigm
parading12313863parading
paradise112113873paradise
paradores12259653paradores
paradropped1651763paradropped
paraform1546933paraform
paragon10311023para_gon
paragraph1745013paragraph
paramo102614643para_mo_
paramorph1844323paramorph
paramos113213513para_mos
parashot13410143parashot
parasol939553para_sol
paratroops1452623paratroops
pardon94618733par_d_on
parodoi10267723parod_oi
parodos103011753parod_os
parrot8320663par__rot
pauldron1142473pauldron
raindrop1142783raindrop
teardrop1153103tear_drop

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162417.51619446.8
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691417.96522434.5
 
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