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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 “parody” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

43 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
parody1241009(None) 
pardy115523951par_dy
barony115915302barony
corody12149702corody
grody103412062_grody
hardy125622062har_dy
lardy96119272lar_dy
paddy125913592pa_ddy
pagod95013682pagod_
pagoda10487872pagoda
pagods105310192pagods
pandy115021172pa_ndy
parade94720642parade
pard76441322par_d_
pardi85723952par_di
pardon94618732pardon
pards85634332par_ds
pared86946762pared_
parity114719872parity
parlay113713992parlay
parley116718362parley
parodic122311722parodic
parodoi10267722parodoi
parodos103011752parodos
parol74826272paro_l
parole84425252parole
parols84722612parols
paronym1437502paronym
parous84024162parous
parroty1247862parroty
parry105323752par_ry
partly116315472partly
party106630612par_ty
perdy115417332per_dy
peroxy1838252peroxy
prod76129502p_rod_
prods85523552p_rods
prosy106319252p_rosy
proxy175011012p_roxy
sarod65325872sarod_
sarode75317512sarode
sarods74918572sarods
tardy94720462tar_dy

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551432.36034979.2
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691432.70366108.4
 
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