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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 “paramedic” 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.

29 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
paramedic164572(None) 
paramedics1744151paramedics
paramecia1545932paramecia
paramedical18114402paramedical
parametric1646932parametric
premedic1546302p_remedic
pyramidic1943772pyramidic
faradic1337693fara__dic
maravedi1442803maravedi_
maravedis1542963maravedis
parabolic1546283parabolic
paraded114014263paraded__
paralytic1647973paralytic
paramecium1853323paramecium
paramedicals19142773paramedicals
parament12415393parame_nt
paramenta1368863paramenta
paraments13511553paraments
parameter1349123parameter
paramnesia1454493paramnesia
paranoic1249833para_noic
paraplegic1753213paraplegic
parapodia1445513parapodia
parasitic1349523parasitic
paretic113016673par__etic
parhelic1547093par_helic
parodic122311723par__odic
poromeric1547903poromeric
premedics1645303p_remedics

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641297.58019609.6
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691298.02922255.7
 
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