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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 “plica” 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.

65 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
plica961337(None) 
pica85831491p_ica
plicae10410951plicae
plical10411681plical
aliya83713482aliya
chica125818262chica
click135217952click
erica7316542erica
flic96223732flic_
flick145017212flick
flics105418362flics
glia56423152gli_a
ilia46026822ili_a
iliac75013492iliac
klick105311432klick
lice66045062_lice
lich96230842_lich
lick106935072_lick
lima65734132_lima
lipa68425922_lipa
lira46928682_lira
loca65527682_loca
mica86428252_mica
paca85132242p_aca
paisa76021072paisa
pelican1139432pelican
pia56848032p_i_a
pic76046822p_ic_
pical95524372p_ical
picas94626522p_icas
pice84641092p_ice
pick125933812p_ick
pics85633912p_ics
pika106322952p_ika
pilea75123952pilea
pima85428652p_ima
pina65842632p_ina
pita65436432p_ita
place94824612place
plack135017842plack
plaice10311552plaice
playa105812942playa
plaza164311062plaza
plea66830602pl_ea
plena75816392plena
plicate11314512plicate
plie65127392pli_e
plied85118592plied
plier75221282plier
plies74526512plies
plink115219122plink
pluck134212302pluck
police102918562police
policy133211512policy
price93725412price
prick134317502prick
pricy124814562pricy
prima95019342prima
pyic116915822pyic_
replica1137942replica
silica8311242silica
slice74925822slice
slick115520522slick
spica94717942spica
splice104915102splice

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800651.62633087.3
3Display Results65650.0302166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691651.96690890.6
 
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