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

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85 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
paralyse134748(None) 
paralysed1545741paralysed
paralyses1448281paralyses
paralyze2246621paralyze
analyse10208892_analyse
paradise112113872paradise
paralysis1447312paralysis
paralyzed2445292paralyzed
paralyzer2344482paralyzer
paralyzes2346492paralyzes
parclose1247242parclose
parlays123910452parlays_
analysed12166913_analysed
analyser11166133_analyser
analyses11149963_analyses
analyst10189323_analyst
analyte10158813_analyte
analyze19167013_analyze
canalise10816213canalise
catalase1039223catalase
catalyses1447433catalyses
catalyst1347313catalyst
catalyze2245623catalyze
dialyse1135463_dialyse
faradise12219393faradise
moralise10314913moralise
nasalise848863nasalise
paganise1139663paganise
papulose1244533papulose
parablast1347093parablast
parable111819773para_ble
parables121613563parables_
paraclete1356343paraclete
parade94720643para__de
parades104121463parades_
paradises122513203paradises
parados103816053parados_
paradoses122510253paradoses
parae76335703para___e
paraglide1345703paraglide
paragoge1257153paragoge
parakite14410423parakite
parallax1745643parallax
parallel1047473parallel
paralysing16235553paralysing
paralytic1647973paralytic
paralyzers2443283paralyzers
paramos113213513paramos_
parangs104314373parangs_
paraphs1439313paraphs_
paraphyses2054743paraphyses
paras76143043para__s_
parasite10314843parasite
paravane1348103paravane
parcloses1347963parcloses
parflesh1643743parflesh
parklike1337493parklike
parlance1248723parlance
parlante1039693parlante
parlay113713993parlay__
parlayed1435823parlayed
parle75836163par_l__e
parles86334403par_les_
parleys125212373parleys_
parole84425253parol__e
parolee94119653parol_ee
parolees104313983parolees
paroles95025883paroles_
parols84722613parol_s_
paroxysm2242733paroxysm
parrals94414573parral_s_
parse75236993par___se
parsleys1335083parsleys_
partly116315473partly__
parvise124211693par_vise
penalise101013763penalise
phrase11109903phra__se
praise84419413p_ra_ise
praline93019743p_raline
prase76128753p_ra__se
prays105022433p_ra_ys_
pyranose1344923pyranose
pyrolyses1745583pyrolyses
pyrolyze2554143pyrolyze
ruralise839643ruralise

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162856.79621507.1
3Display Results85850.0461847.8
 (SQL Overall)178691857.26524596.1
 
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