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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 “pleasantly” 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.

24 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
pleasantly155273(None) 
pleasantry1551631pleasantry
peasantry1442882p_easantry
pleasant1048322pleasant__
pleasanter1242422pleasanter
pleasingly1644162pleasingly
unpleasantly1761452unpleasantly
blatantly1442853bl_atantly
clamantly1643923cl_amantly
elegantly1343983ele_gantly
obeisantly1552363obeisantly
peasant9314923p_easant__
peasants1038263p_easant_s
peccantly1843953p_eccantly
pendantly1545463p_endantly
pheasant1347083pheasant__
pheasants1443723pheasant_s
pleadingly1793383pleadingly
pleasance1344303pleasan_ce
pleasances1444193pleasances
pleasantest1352833pleasantest
pliantly1345783pl__iantly
pregnantly1643723pregnantly
presently1449053pre_sently

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 Filter1786911406030.186960704.3
2DLD Change Limit140603246.59321326.1
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691246.79526297.4
 
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