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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 “paralytic” 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.

42 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
paralytic164797(None) 
paralytics1745201paralytics
analytic1348182_analytic
catalytic1645892catalytic
paralysis1447312paralysis
parasitic1349522parasitic
pyrolytic1957052pyrolytic
analytics1445513_analytics
apractic1448303apra_ctic
barytic1437823bar__ytic
basaltic1245153basal_tic
catalatic1347323catalatic
dialytic1446813_dialytic
marlitic1238343mar_litic
parabiotic1645083parabiotic
parabolic1546283parabolic
parachutic1954293parachutic
parallactic1792703parallactic
paralyse1347483paraly_se
paralysed1545743paralysed
paralyses1448283paralyses
paralysing16235553paralysing
paralyze2246623paraly_ze
paralyzed2445293paralyzed
paralyzer2344483paralyzer
paralyzes2346493paralyzes
paralyzing25185203paralyzing
paramedic1645723paramedic
parametric1646943parametric
paranoic1249833para_noic
paraplegic1753223paraplegic
paratactic1684643paratactic
paretic113016673par__etic
paronymic1845373paronymic
parotic112518043par__otic
parotitic1349333parotitic
pearlitic1345523pear_litic
perlitic12310583per_litic
piratic11314293pira__tic
practic13312253p_ra_ctic
prelatic12311293p_relatic
uralitic10158463_uralitic

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 Limit148641427.18620684.8
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.62523434.9
 
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