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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 “parhelia” 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.

45 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
parhelia134671(None) 
parhelic1547091parhelic
aphelia1249422_aphelia
parhelion1444222parhelion
perihelia1445132perihelia
abelia83114403_a_belia
acholia1239973_acholia
anthelia1149113anthelia
aphelian1376963_aphelian
borrelia1044553borrelia
cachexia2263593cachexia
camelia11510443ca_melia
carnelian1145743carnelian
carpalia1247263carpalia
dahlia1035773da_h_lia
epithelia1444743epithelia
gardenia1045393gardenia
harelip1245953har_elip
pachalic1757273pachalic
paella8410913pa__ella
pallia83015593pa__llia
paramecia1545943paramecia
paranoia10410573paranoia
parcel103915473parcel__
parceled1338343parceled
parceling1438443parceling
parcels113712663parcel_s
parchesi15358213parchesi_
parchesis16318213parchesis
pareira937543par_eira
parerga1035173par_erga
paresis93315093par_esis
paretic113016673par_etic
parosmia1245953parosmia
parrel84515983parrel__
parrels94713493parrel_s
parvolin1376933parvolin
pashalic1546183pashalic
pashalik1744183pashalik
patella938953pa_tella
pathetic15410963pathetic
pereia85217983per_e_ia
perihelial1554223perihelial
prelim10311423p_r_elim
pyrexia19225463pyr_exia

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162458.00018270.3
3Display Results45450.0301500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691458.45021146.9
 
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