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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 “paralysis” 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.

38 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
paralysis144731(None) 
paralyses1448281paralyses
analysis11128292_analysis
catalysis1445872catalysis
paralyse1347482paralys_e
paralysed1545742paralysed
paralysing16235552paralysing
paralytic1647972paralytic
paralytics1745202paralytics
paralyzes2346492paralyzes
paraphysis2064532paraphysis
pyrolysis1745492pyrolysis
analyses11149963_analyses
analysts11167443_analysts
catalyses1447433catalyses
catalysts1445513catalysts
dialysis1245413_dialysis
parabiosis1444903parabiosis
parablasts1444133parablasts
paradises122513203paradises
paradoses122510253paradoses
parallels1145273parallels
paralogism1545663paralogism
paralyze2246623paraly_ze
paralyzed2445293paralyzed
paralyzer2344483paralyzer
paralyzers2443283paralyzers
paralyzing25185203paralyzing
paraphyses2054743paraphyses
parataxis1845473parataxis
parchesis16318213parchesis
parchisis16318573parchisis
parcloses1347963parcloses
paresis93315093par__esis
parlays123910453parlay__s
paroxysms2342573paroxysms
pyrolyses1745583pyrolyses
reanalysis1352723reanalysis

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641386.62322443.2
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.06225303.2
 
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