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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 “paragraphing” 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.

28 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
paragraphing215235(None) 
paragraphic2154182paragraphi_c
paradropping1751563paradropping
paragraph1745013paragraph___
paragraphed2083303paragraph_ed
paragrapher1973653paragraph_er
paragraphers2093033paragraphers
paragraphs1844843paragraph__s
polygraphing2452673polygraphing
anagramming1752154_anagramming
autographing1954004autographing
barographic2146564barographi_c
graphing1538534____graphing
holographing2275044holographing
micrographing2463734micrographing
monographing2154314monographing
paragliding1652944parag_liding
paragoning1445954parag__oning
paraphrasing2052064paraphra_sing
parasailing1444334para_sailing
photographing2565984photographing
prewrapping1842394p_rewrapping
programing1646314p_rogra_ming
programming1954204p_rogramming
radiographing2173464radiographing
telegraphing1962974telegraphing
typographing2453354typographing
xylographing2952794xylographing

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790287.11017551.3
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.52923733.7
 
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