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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 “paraesthesia” 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.

28 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
paraesthesia1717313(None) 
paraesthesias18182821paraesthesias
paresthesia16204451par_esthesia
anaesthesia1452922_anaesthesia
paresthesias17194122par_esthesias
aesthesia1245943___aesthesia
anaesthesias1562643_anaesthesias
anesthesia1354433_a_nesthesia
hyperaesthesia2572673hyperaesthesia
parenthesis1654053par_enthesis
paresthetic1854583par_esthetic
synaesthesia1862263synaesthesia
aesthesias1345694___aesthesias
anaesthetic16114164_anaesthetic
anesthesias1454034_a_nesthesias
esthesia1147504____esthesia
hyperaesthesias2672164hyperaesthesias
hyperesthesia24123944hyper_esthesia
kinesthesia1862004_kinesthesia
paramnesia1454494para__mnesia
parasynthesis2162284parasynthesis
parentheses1653974par_entheses
parenthesize2662454par_enthesize
parenthetic1854374par_enthetic
prosthesis1546154p_r_osthesis
synaesthesias1972134synaesthesias
synaesthesis1862444synaesthesis
synesthesia1763084_synesthesia

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790288.15615300.4
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691288.56220870.2
 
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