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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 “paradrops” 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.

39 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
paradrops144496(None) 
paradrop1344601paradrop_
eardrops1165302ear_drops
paradores12259662paradores
paradors113411902parad_ors
parados103816052parad_o_s
paratroops1452622paratroops
airdrops1144343_airdrops
backdrops20144403backdrops
eardrop1065223ear_drop_
hardtops1444843har_dtops
malaprops1543253malaprops
papadoms1575923papad_oms
parachors1647413parachors
paraders113113113parad_ers
parades104121463parad__es
paradigms1544653paradigms
paradises122513203paradises
parador103311413parad_o_r
paradoses122510253paradoses
paradox17358173parad_o_x
paradoxes19267293paradoxes
paradropped1651763paradropped
paraforms1645563paraforms
paragons11311503para_gons
paragraph1745013paragraph
paragraphs1844843paragraphs
paramorph1844333paramorph
paramorphs1954263paramorphs
paramos113213513para_mo_s
parasols1039263para_sols
paratroop1352993paratroop
pardons103817623par_d_ons
parodos103011753parod_o_s
parrots9312743par__rots
pauldrons1242523pauldrons
pinedrops1443353pinedrops
raindrops1242813raindrops
teardrops1263293tear_drops

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641396.61022487.3
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.04925349.8
 
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