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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 “pleach” 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.

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
pleach13421124(None) 
bleach133611401bleach
leach105422521_leach
peach125422491p_each
plench134010811plench
preach133613921preach
beach124623892_beach
blench133710452blench
breach134213722breach
clach124617822cl_ach
clench133910052clench
each95530582__each
fleech14367342fleech
flench144010812flench
fletch14388192fletch
ileac75814172ileac_
leachy14419732_leachy
leash85519212_leash
lech96825442_le_ch
leech104913212_leech
letch105215802_letch
loach105116362_loach
peace95026082p_eace
peachy164510842p_eachy
pech116125452p_e_ch
perch124518832p_erch
place94824612pl_ace
plack135017842pl_ack
planch133711442planch
plash104616562pl_ash
plea66830602plea__
pleached16338062pleached
pleaches153210432pleaches
plead85818462plea_d
pleads94613952pleads
pleas75627032plea_s
please84315732please
pleat74734472plea_t
pleats85218592pleats
poach124917862p_oach
preachy17307312preachy
preact103220392preact
reach105123882_reach
teach105221122_teach
upreach1444692upreach

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 Limit82551452.31335690.0
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.65667278.2
 
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