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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 “plagued” 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.

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
plagued1130747(None) 
plague93610851plague_
plaguer10328271plaguer
plagues103311061plagues
plaguey13335941plaguey
clagged12749232clagged
flagged13459632flagged
lagged95520132_lagged
leagued935462leagued
paged95926782p_ag_ed
placed114318002pla_ced
plage84520402plag_e_
plages94520152plag_es
plaguers11286502plaguers
plaguy12386412plagu_y
plaided11409642plaided
plained103812232plained
plaited103713892plaited
planed94420912pla_ned
planked143512282planked
planned103810152planned
planted103516122planted
plaque17317642plaque_
plaques18317892plaques
plashed133712642plashed
plated95225772pla_ted
platted103614262platted
played124815032pla_yed
plugged12408042plugged
slagged104312772slagged

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit107671303.12634443.7
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691303.54650392.3
 
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