Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “paranormal” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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14 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
paranormal	14	5	389	(None)
paranormals	15	5	251	1	paranormals
paranoidal	13	5	489	2	paranoidal
paranormally	19	6	216	2	paranormally
abnormal	12	4	409	3	_a_bnormal
paraform	15	4	693	3	paraform__
paraforms	16	4	556	3	paraform_s
paranoea	10	4	857	3	parano_ea_
paranoeas	11	4	752	3	parano_eas
paranoia	10	4	1056	3	parano_ia_
paranoiac	13	4	626	3	parano_iac
paranoias	11	4	1044	3	parano_ias
paranormality	20	6	175	3	paranormal~~ity~~
parapodial	15	5	491	3	parapodial

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	5.783	24313.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.219	28733.1