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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 “pliant” 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.

48 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
pliant8391882(None) 
plaint85323201plaint
plant75437111pl_ant
alant55742292al_ant
client8316342client
elint55436472eli_nt
eluant6315092eluant
flint87333502fli_nt
giant65430592_giant
glint66830182gli_nt
leant56737782_leant
liana53915892_liana
liane54720662_liane
liang64914412_liang
lint416266232_li_nt
paint75443692pai_nt
pant66061262p__ant
pedant9319492pedant
pian66136092p_ian_
piano76118712p_iano
pians75126962p_ians
pint66963172p_i_nt
plain74823302plain_
plains85019592plains
plaints94012052plaints
plait75631572pl_ait
plan65833942pl_an_
plane74929142pl_ane
planet84228352pl_anet
plank115221142pl_ank
plans75731272pl_ans
plants84921802pl_ants
plat66048872pl_a_t
pleat74734472plea_t
pliancy1435592pliancy
pliantly1345782pliantly
plight123513362plight
plink115219122pli_nk
plinth11310452pli_nth
point75338732poi_nt
print74837462pri_nt
pulsant9310562pulsant
reliant7319242reliant
riant55833152_riant
slant55238702sl_ant
splint85223282spli_nt
unpliant1047142unpliant
valiant10314622valiant

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 Filter178691825510.753237305.4
2DLD Change Limit82551485.23315775.1
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691486.00229771.9
 
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