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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 “paradiddles” 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.

40 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
paradiddles165165(None) 
paradiddle1551771paradiddle_
taradiddles1451061taradiddles
taradiddle1351062taradiddle_
tarradiddles156562tarradiddles
paradises122513203paradi__ses
tarradiddle146703tarradiddle_
diddles103915074____diddles
faradises13248984faradi__ses
faradizes22237444faradi__zes
farandoles1462974fara_ndoles
griddles1145754_gr__iddles
packsaddles2151054packsaddles
paddles113515644p__a__ddles
parabioses1445284parabi_oses
parables121613564para___bles
parades104121464para___d_es
paradigms1544654paradi__gms
paradisal1246884paradisal__
paradise112113874paradi__se_
paradores12259664para__dores
paradoses122510254para__doses
paradoxes19267294para__doxes
paraglides1445014paraglid_es
parakites1549544paraki__tes
parasites11313154parasi__tes
parasitises1377374parasitises
parasitizes2266104parasitizes
parasitoses1384644parasitoses
parodies11313694parodi___es
parridges1384554par_ri_dges
particles1339804par_ti_cles
partridges1453054partri_dges
piddles114314274p____iddles
raddles93615704__ra__ddles
radicles11249704__radi_cles
riddles93215024__r__iddles
spraddles13194284spra__ddles
straddles11216404stra__ddles
unriddles1143504unr__iddles

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819409.34315928.4
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691409.78218267.3
 
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