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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 “paranoiac” 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.

26 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
paranoiac134627(None) 
paranoia10410571paranoia_
paranoiacs1444261paranoiacs
paranoias11410451paranoias
paranoic1249831paranoi_c
paranoea1048582paranoea_
paranoeas1147532paranoeas
paranoics1347662paranoics
paranoid11311142paranoi_d
paranoidal1354902paranoidal
paranoids1248922paranoids
parabola1246663parabola_
parabolas1347013parabolas
parabolic1546283parabolic
paradisiac1553793paradisiac
parafoil1345973parafoi_l
parafoils1445513parafoils
paranormal1453903paranormal
parapodia1445513parapodia_
parapodial1554913parapodial
parazoan1946553parazo_an
parsonic1239703parsoni_c
pharaonic1645763pharaoni_c
prandial1149643p_randial
puranic11410483puran_i_c
pyranoid1447283pyranoi_d

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 Filter1786911486410.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit148641266.89021573.4
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.38924183.4
 
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