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

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

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

15 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
paraphrase177353(None) 
paraphrased1972491paraphrased
paraphraser1862211paraphraser
paraphrases18153801paraphrases
paraphrasers1971462paraphrasers
anaphase1345463_anaph_ase
metaphrase1753543metaphrase
paraphrasable226793paraphrasable
paraphrasing2052063paraphrasing
paraphrastic2162483paraphrastic
paraphs1439313paraph__s_
paraphyses2054743paraph_yses
periphrases1853583periphrases
prophase15410243p_roph_ase
rephrase1346733__rephrase

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603156.03023317.2
3Display Results15150.016937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691156.46627635.5