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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 “pharisees” 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.

53 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
pharisees144463(None) 
pharisee1347601pharisee_
parises94827182p_aris_es
parishes13314752p_arishes
pharoses13310312pharos_es
aphorises14310003aphoris_es
appraisees1443153appraisees
arises65233803__aris_es
chaises124317493cha_is_es
chamises153513313chamis_es
charases131312763charas_es
chariness14310063chariness
charismas1655313charismas
charisms15710263charis_ms
charities14312743charities
cherishes1767563cherishes
frisees104411693__frisees
harasses11311033_harasses
harissas1145983_harissas
marishes13512553_marishes
pareses94718883p_ares_es
paries84742513p_ari__es
parietes10714543p_arietes
parities10522973p_arities
parolees104313983p_arolees
parsecs11429923p_ar_secs
parsers94118153p_ar_sers
parses85534703p_ar_s_es
parvises133911913p_arvis_es
pavisers13387443p_avisers
pavises125315493p_avis_es
pavisses13397103p_avisses
perigees1189503p_erigees
perishes13313753p_erishes
pharisaic1644633pharisaic
pharisaism1753023pharisaism
pharynges1842883pharynges
pharynxes2441923pharynxes
phases114618403pha__s_es
phereses1348093pheres_es
phoresies1447993phoresies
phrases12711463ph_ras_es
phthises1645723phthis_es
planishes14138523planishes
polarises11514073polaris_es
praisers103410833pra_isers
praises94121103pra_is_es
praxises1739063praxis_es
priseres10310823p__riseres
prises84133173p__ris_es
prisses94816713p__risses
promisees13246863promisees
shamisens1442603shamisens

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641536.51622811.7
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691536.95225703.5
 
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