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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 “plastic” 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.

31 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
plastic11281506(None) 
aplastic1249241aplastic
clastic113013961clastic
elastic93013391elastic
plasmic13249111plasmic
plastics122412331plastics
plastid102112521plastid
blastie92411392blastie
classic113710112classic
clastics122811412clastics
drastic10310882drastic
elastics102710882elastics
elastin72611842elastin
euplastic1345462euplastic
lactic10713492_lactic
mastic103119172_mastic
nastic82915972_nastic
pastie85525522p_astie
pastil85018322p_astil
pastis84924322p_astis
phasic133612052phas_ic
phatic133014412pha_tic
plasmatic1547222plasmatic
plasmid12239552plasmid
plasmin112410032plasmin
plaster93318692plaster
plasticky2043592plasticky
plasticly1644762plasticly
plastids11269212plastids
practic13312252practic
spastic11310382spastic

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671312.89337217.8
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691313.29654214.5
 
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