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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 “paraesthesias” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

28 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
paraesthesias1818283(None) 
paraesthesia17173141paraesthesia_
paresthesias17194131par_esthesias
anaesthesias1562642_anaesthesias
paresthesia16204452par_esthesia_
aesthesias1345693___aesthesias
anaesthesia1452923_anaesthesia_
anesthesias1454033_a_nesthesias
hyperaesthesias2672163hyperaesthesias
parenthesis1654073par_enthesi_s
synaesthesias1972133synaesthesias
aesthesia1245944___aesthesia_
anaesthetics17103054_anaesthetics
anesthesia1354434_a_nesthesia_
esthesias1246734____esthesias
hyperaesthesia2572674hyperaesthesia_
hyperesthesias25133494hyper_esthesias
kinesthesias1962034_kinesthesias
paramnesias1553884para__mnesias
parasynthesis2162294parasynthesi_s
parentheses1653984par_enthes_es
parenthesize2662454par_enthesize
parenthesizes2762134par_enthesizes
paresthetic1854584par_estheti_c
prosthesis1546154p_r_osthesi_s
synaesthesia1862264synaesthesia_
synaesthesis1862444synaesthesi_s
synesthesias1872804_synesthesias

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024285.06318768.3
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691285.41932974.9
 
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