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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forparenthesis” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

19 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
parenthesis165405(None) 
parentheses1653971parentheses
parenthesize2662452parenthesize
parenthesizes2762112parenthesizes
parenthetic1854372parenthetic
parentless1244452parentles_s
paresthesia16204452paresthesia
paresthesias17194122paresthesias
anthesis11312503_a__nthesis
epenthesis1593763_epenthesis
paraesthesia17173133paraesthesia
paraesthesias18182823paraesthesias
parasynthesis2162283parasynthesis
parchesis16318213par__chesis
parenthesized2861913parenthesized
parenthoods1752513parenthoods
paresthetic1854583paresthetic
prosthesis1546153p_rosthesis
prothesis1449433p_r_othesis

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.486367677.0
2DLD Change Limit121633194.86025027.4
3Display Results19190.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691195.34633425.2