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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 “pariah” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 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
pariah11432059(None) 
pardah123412831pardah
pariahs123812341pariahs
parian83223971parian
parish115022361parish
aria46245432_aria_
arias55438032_arias
garish104516932garish
jarrah1636692jarrah
lariat6629052lariat
maria75032892maria_
marish114319062marish
narial6317962narial
palish114718282palish
para65242182par_a_
parae76335712par_ae
paraph13311262paraph
paras76143052par_as
parch125123002par_ch
pardahs13289672pardahs
parians93519742parians
paries84742522paries
paring94236492paring
paris75145942pari_s
parity114719872parity
parka115120892parka_
parkas125018032parkas
parlay113714002parlay
parral85517542parral
partan83820572partan
partial92616262partial
perish114619062perish
purdah12288752purdah
shariah132210532shariah
varia85824212varia_
varias95019912varias

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit82551363.00027517.0
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.40652463.6
 
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