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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 “paraphraser” 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.

24 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
paraphraser186221(None) 
paraphrase1773531paraphrase_
paraphrased1972491paraphrased
paraphrasers1971471paraphrasers
paraphrases18153811paraphrases
paraphrasing2052063paraphrasing
paraphrastic2162483paraphrastic
paraphyses2054753paraph_yses
periphrases1853583periphrases
anaphase1345464_anaph_ase_
anaphases1446534_anaph_ases
metaphrase1753544metaphrase_
metaphrases1853954metaphrases
paragrapher1973654para_grapher
paraphrasable226794paraphrasable
paraphs1439314paraph__s__
paraphysis2064534paraph_ysis
periphrasis1853174periphrasis
prophase15410244p_roph_ase_
prophases16411064p_roph_ases
purchaser1643374pur_ch_aser
rephrase1346734__rephrase_
rephrased1555284__rephrased
rephrases1447414__rephrases

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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819248.66017184.6
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691249.09319651.5
 
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