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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 “parochial” 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.

30 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
parochial164618(None) 
eparchial1644402epar_chial
parochially2153182parochially
archil11611573_ar_chi_l
archival1645783_ar_chival
asocial998653_asoc_ial
baronial1049483baro_nial
brachial15219303_brachial
branchial16215953branchial
bronchial16175333_bronchial
lochial1257083__lochial
panocha1444983panoch_a_
panochas1545653panoch_as
parching164313053par_ching
parchisi15368933par_chisi
parfocal1565393parfoc__al
parochialism2162183parochialism
parodical1447563parodical
parosmia1245953parosmia_
parosmias1345783parosmias
partial92616263par__tial
paschal14157243pa_sch_al
petechial1644093petechial
prechill1546193p_rechill
prochain1548483p_rochain
procural1246923p_rocural
proemial1249183p_roemial
rachial122012173__rachial
trochal1288243_troch_al
trochil1258713_trochi_l

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641307.45319943.8
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.62223444.1
 
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