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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 “paraffine” 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.

26 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
paraffine174467(None) 
paraffin1644901paraffin_
paraffined1942681paraffined
paraffines1844321paraffines
paraffins1744641paraffins
paracrine1348732paracrine
paraffinic2051972paraffinic
affine12310503___affine
carabine12412393cara_bine
palatine10316073pala_tine
parading12313863para_ding
paradise112113873para_dise
paraffining2052353paraffining
parafoil1345973parafoi_l
parafoils1445503parafoils
paraglide1345703paraglide
parakite14410423para_kite
parasite10314843para_site
paravane1348103para_vane
parawing14310583para_wing
pardine103616723par__dine
pargyline1544653pargyline
parvoline1477173parvoline
piaffing1733923p_iaffing
praline93019743p_ra_line
tariffing1644113tariffing

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641267.23620541.9
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.66923300.4
 
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