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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 “pleasance” 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.

30 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
pleasance134430(None) 
pleasances1444191pleasances
clearance1345112clearance
feasance1345822_feasance
pleasant1048322pleasan_t
pleasanter1242422pleasanter
appearance1654063appearance
clearances1444793clearances
defeasance1652543defeasance
elegance1146373ele_gance
feasances1445403_feasances
fleabane1343633fleaban_e
leasable101510133_leasable
malfeasance1861423malfeasance
obeisance1344223obeisance
peasant9314923p_easan_t
peasants1038263p_easants
penance11313443p_e_nance
pheasant1347083pheasan_t
pheasants1443723pheasants
platane93112303pl_atan_e
pleadable1445513pleadable
pleasantest1352833pleasantest
pleasantly1552733pleasantly
pleasantry1551633pleasantry
please84315733pleas___e
pleasing112611593pleasin_g
pleasure1045543pleas_ure
presence122213513pre_sence
puissance1343783puissance

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 Limit148641306.50322857.3
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691306.92325811.2
 
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