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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 “paralyzes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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71 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
paralyzes234650(None) 
paralyses1448291paralyses
paralyze2246631paralyze_
paralyzed2445301paralyzed
paralyzer2344491paralyzer
paralyzers2443291paralyzers
analyzes20157192_analyzes
catalyzes2346052catalyzes
paralyse1347482paralyse_
paralysed1545742paralysed
paralysis1447322paralysis
pyrolyzes2644292pyrolyzes
analyses11149963_analyses
analytes11169203_analytes
analyze19167013_analyze_
analyzed21155703_analyzed
analyzer20155053_analyzer
analyzers21143663_analyzers
arabizes1969103_arabizes
banalizes201210093banalizes
canalizes201113783canalizes
catalyses1447433catalyses
catalyze2245623catalyze_
catalyzed2444993catalyzed
catalyzer2344453catalyzer
catalyzers2443053catalyzers
dialyzes2144503_dialyzes
faradizes22237443faradizes
moralizes20312863moralizes
nasalizes1847233nasalizes
paganizes2148673paganizes
parables121613573para_bles
paracletes1446103paracletes
parades104121473para__des
paradises122513213paradises
paradores12259673paradores
paradoses122510263paradoses
paradoxes19267303paradoxes
paraglides1445023paraglides
paragoges1347263paragoges
parakites1549553parakites
parallaxes1943693parallaxes
parallel1047483paral_lel
parallels1145283parallels
paralytic1647973paralytic
paralytics1745213paralytics
paralyzing25185203paralyzing
paraphyses2054753paraphyses
parasites11313163parasites
parataxes1846403parataxes
paravanes1448313paravanes
parcloses1347963parcloses
parlances1348963parlances
parlayed1435823parlay_ed
parlays123910453parlay__s
parles86334413par_l__es
parolees104313993parol_ees
paroles95025893parol__es
pazazzes1752343paza_zzes
penalizes20911853penalizes
pluralizes2165343pluralizes
pralines102217733p_ralines
pyrolizes2347233pyrolizes
pyrolyses1745583pyrolyses
pyrolyze2554143pyrolyze_
pyrolyzed2743183pyrolyzed
pyrolyzer2642883pyrolyzer
pyrolyzers2742303pyrolyzers
reanalyzes2243223reanalyzes
ruralizes1858773ruralizes
sacralizes2148233sacralizes

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641717.21620598.8
3Display Results71710.0332151.5
 (SQL Overall)178691717.70223200.6
 
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