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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 “paralyze” 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.

63 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
paralyze224662(None) 
paralyse1347481paralyse
paralyzed2445291paralyzed
paralyzer2344481paralyzer
paralyzes2346491paralyzes
analyze19167012_analyze
catalyze2245622catalyze
paralysed1545742paralysed
paralyses1448282paralyses
paralyzers2443282paralyzers
pyrolyze2554142pyrolyze
analyse10208893_analyse
analyte10158813_analyte
analyzed21155703_analyzed
analyzer20155053_analyzer
analyzes20157193_analyzes
arabize1849343_arabize
banalize191010933banalize
canalize19914493canalize
catalyzed2444993catalyzed
catalyzer2344453catalyzer
catalyzes2346053catalyzes
dialyze2044433_dialyze
faradize21237823faradize
moralize19313923moralize
nasalize1748183nasalize
paganize2048633paganize
parable111819773para_ble
paraclete1356343paraclete
parade94720643para__de
paradise112113873paradise
parae76335703para___e
paraglide1345703paraglide
paragoge1257153paragoge
parakite14410423parakite
parallax1745643parallax
parallel1047473parallel
paralysis1447313paralysis
paralytic1647973paralytic
paralyzing25185203paralyzing
parasite10314843parasite
paravane1348103paravane
parclose1247243parclose
parklike1337493parklike
parlance1248723parlance
parlante1039693parlante
parlay113713993parlay__
parlayed1435823parlayed
parlays123910453parlay_s
parle75836163par_l__e
parole84425253parol__e
parolee94119643parol_ee
partly116315473partly__
penalize19912753penalize
pluralize2045773pluralize
praline93019743p_raline
pyrolize2248133pyrolize
pyrolyzed2743183pyrolyzed
pyrolyzer2642883pyrolyzer
pyrolyzes2644293pyrolyzes
reanalyze2143233reanalyze
ruralize1739233ruralize
sacralize2048973sacralize

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162636.62622058.9
3Display Results63630.0134846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691637.04525364.2
 
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