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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 “parasails” 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.

46 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
parasails114758(None) 
parasail1049231parasail_
parafoils1445502parafoils
parasailed1344072parasailed
parasangs1246032parasangs
parasols1039262paras_ols
assails769093_a_ssails
brasils9410973_bras_ils
caracals12310763caraca_ls
foresails1247153foresails
mainsails1144853mainsails
palatals1037773palata_ls
paraffins1744643paraffins
parafoil1345973parafoil_
parallels1145273parallels
paranoias11410443paranoias
paranoics1347653paranoics
paranoids1248913paranoids
parasailing1444333parasailing
parasailings1552183parasailings
parasang1147333parasa_ng
parashahs1744743parashahs
parasite10314843paras_ite
parasites11313153parasites
parasol939553paras_ol_
parataxes1846393parataxes
parataxis1845473parataxis
paravanes1448303paravanes
parboils1237433par_boils
paresis93315093pares_i_s
parfaits1346913par_faits
parosmias1345783parosmias
parrals94414573par_ra_ls
parsable12311693par_sable
parsnips1245533par_snips
partials101911963partia_ls
pastils94416173p__astils
perusals1047143perusa_ls
phrasal1246163phrasa_l_
phrasally1742823phrasally
prevails1337663p_revails
resails74616743__resails
tarsals72512603tar_sa_ls
travails1146083_travails
trysails1144163_trysails
wassails1145953wa_ssails

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641467.39020113.8
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691467.84222786.4
 
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