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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 “plaiting” 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.

50 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
plaiting11311351(None) 
plaining113911551plaining
plaitings12296241plaitings
planting113515381planting
plating103823071pla_ting
platting114813031platting
awaiting1238272awaiting
baiting103918882_baiting
blasting114013432blasting
blatting114111652blatting
claiming13279302claiming
elating83423082ela_ting
flailing12298922flailing
flatting123511252flatting
fliting113514612fl_iting
gaiting93716582_gaiting
glairing1047282glairing
lairing83715342_lairing
lasting84725242_lasting
paiking143814812p_aiking
paining103920242p_aining
painting113614422p_ainting
pairing103716732p_airing
panting104025422p_anting
parting103527382p_arting
pasting103826552p_asting
patting103722342p_atting
placating1438512placating
placing123815282pla_cing
plaguing1236032plaguing
planing103418252pla_ning
planking153513012planking
planning113610222planning
plantings12348402plantings
plashing143311062plashing
platina94413642pla_tina
platings113611362pla_tings
playing133816092pla_ying
plaything1843852plaything
pleating112916052pleating
plotting113011012plotting
positing11312302positing
praising113214562praising
prating103424452pra_ting
slanting94115092slanting
slating83724652sla_ting
slatting94014232slatting
splatting1235982splatting
unplaiting1345502unplaiting
waiting113618952_waiting

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059503.92330858.8
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691504.32641306.3
 
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