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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 “plaid” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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102 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
plaid8511830(None) 
laid56439141_laid
paid75737481p_aid
placid114012541placid
plaids94312441plaids
plain74823301plain
plait75631571plait
aid49269082__aid
aland65526412aland
alcid85817972alcid
algid75415582algid
blain75421792blain
bland85320452bland
braid85822262braid
caid77837532_caid
clad76225822cla_d
claim95616912claim
elain55324702elain
eland65820392eland
elapid939542elapid
flail85316182flail
flair86114122flair
fluid94013962fluid
glad65624012gla_d
glair65313552glair
gland75217712gland
halid94424982halid
iliad64613462iliad
inlaid7310142inlaid
lad48165702_la_d
laic65931562_laic
lain46146282_lain
lair45934152_lair
laird65417792_laird
land56337312_land
lard56742002_lard
laud56527722_laud
lid47453522_l_id
loid55531492_loid
maid75537662_maid
pad68057322p_a_d
padi76331782p_adi
paik105726802p_aik
pail66141832p_ail
pain65647242p_ain
pair66031512p_air
palais8420422palais
paled85538722paled
pallid93915282pallid
pard76441322p_ard
pavid115717002pavid
place94824612place
placed114318002placed
plack135017842plack
placoid1239772placoid
plage84520402plage
plaice10311552plaice
plaided11409642plaided
plained103812232plained
plains85019592plains
plaint85323202plaint
plaited103713892plaited
plaits83816472plaits
plan65833942pla_n
plane74929142plane
planed94420912planed
plank115221142plank
plans75731272plans
plant75437112plant
plash104616562plash
plasm94114632plasm
plasmid12239552plasmid
plastid102112522plastid
plat66048872pla_t
plate74635112plate
plated95225772plated
plats75531372plats
platy105021662platy
play95928982pla_y
playa105812942playa
played124815032played
plays106320772plays
plaza164311062plaza
plead85818462plead
pled75231432pl_ed
pleiad947832pleiad
plie65127392pl_ie
plied85118592plied
plod76723272pl_od
ploidy1237482ploidy
pyoid11513762pyoid
qaid146023842_qaid
raid55243072_raid
relaid75518442relaid
said55742112_said
slain54923572slain
slid55828982sl_id
sloid64619712sloid
staid66722082staid
unlaid7311752unlaid
upland938862upland
valid94618392valid

Search took 5 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 Filter178691538000.640279204.7
2DLD Change Limit538001023.34316093.3
3Display Results1021020.0631619.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911024.04644164.9
 
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