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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 “plained” 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.

63 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
plained10381223(None) 
pained95622851p_ained
plaided11409641plaided
plainer93811981plainer
plaited103713891plaited
planed94420911pla_ned
planned103810151planned
alined75221402al_ined
brained103816102brained
chained133812692chained
claimed12298832claimed
drained93713252drained
eloined8149812eloined
explained1944542explained
flailed1137302flailed
gained84617462_gained
glaired9387742glaired
glaived12375972glaived
grained93814272grained
laired75216812_laired
lined64934642_l_ined
paiked135113432p_aiked
painted104214632p_ainted
paired95017522p_aired
paned85437182p_a_ned
panned94123432p_anned
patined105114782patined
pawned124513282p_awned
peined94918842p_eined
pined85935322p__ined
placed114318002pla_ced
plagued11307472plagued
plaice10311552plaice_
plaices11411142plaices
plaid85118302plai__d
plain74823302plain__
plainest10313612plainest
plainly1236472plainly
plains85019592plain_s
plaint85323202plain_t
plaints94012052plaints
plaiter93615392plaiter
plane74929142pla_ne_
planer84122652pla_ner
planes85028082pla_nes
planet84228352pla_net
planked143512282planked
planner93511622planner
planted103516122planted
plashed133712642plashed
plated95225772pla_ted
platted103614262platted
played124815032pla_yed
plied85118592pl_i_ed
plinked143910892pl_inked
praised104214812praised
prawned1346742prawned
rained75024602_rained
sained75424242_sained
splined105013112spl_ined
sprained1138432sprained
stained84215342stained
trained84117202trained

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671633.18633795.0
3Display Results63630.0302100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691633.59249746.9
 
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