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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 “paraphrastic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

21 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
paraphrastic216248(None) 
periphrastic2162692periphrastic
paraphrase1773533paraphras__e
paraphrased1972493paraphras_ed
paraphraser1862213paraphras_er
paraphrasers1971463paraphrasers
paraphrases18153803paraphras_es
paraphrasing2052063paraphrasing
anaphasic1645424_anaph_as_ic
anaplastic1445684_anap_lastic
catachrestic1861394catachrestic
holophrastic2262164holophrastic
parachutic1954294parach__utic
paragraphic2154184para_graphic
parallactic1792704para_llactic
paraphrasable226794paraphrasable
paraphysis2064534paraph_ys_is
paratactic1684644para__tactic
paronomastic1862764paronomastic
periphrasis1853174periphras_is
prophasic1848474p_roph_as_ic

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.486367677.0
2DLD Change Limit124790218.59314522.3
3Display Results21210.0131615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691219.09219653.7
 
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