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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 “plain” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

122 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
plain7482330(None) 
blain75421791blain
elain55324701elain
lain46146281_lain
pain65647241p_ain
plaid85118301plaid
plains85019591plains
plaint85323201plaint
plait75631571plait
plan65833941pla_n
slain54923571slain
again65218122again
ain37579092__ain
alan46844082ala_n
alanin6317272alanin
algin65718762algin
aloin55227422aloin
amain74922912amain
blains84516372blains
blawn106813702blawn
blin67228172bl_in
brain76229382brain
cain65643912_cain
chain105723672chain
claim95616912claim
clan65633922cla_n
drain65222892drain
elains64919852elains
elan46734242ela_n
elfin84312462elfin
eloin55923202eloin
explain1667042explain
fain75840562_fain
flail85316182flail
flair86114122flair
flan76134182fla_n
flavin1239302flavin
gain56042162_gain
glair65313552glair
grain65126252grain
kain85334292_kain
laic65931562_laic
laid56439142_laid
lair45934152_lair
lapin75222922_lapin
lawn75925632_lawn
layin84720332_layin
lin37967372_l_in
loin46838722_loin
main65345522_main
olein5316002olein
paid75737482p_aid
paik105726802p_aik
pail66141832p_ail
pains75138282p_ains
paint75443692p_aint
pair66031512p_air
paladin101011772paladin
palais8420422palais
paling93530132paling
pan58466452p_a_n
papain10313792papain
patin76832852patin
pavin105623202pavin
pawn94625302p_awn
pean66147172pea_n
pein65834942p_ein
pekin111514422pekin
pian66136092pia_n
pin57066722p__in
place94824612place
placid114012542placid
placing123815282placing
plack135017842plack
plage84520402plage
plaice10311552plaice
plaids94312442plaids
plained103812232plained
plainer93811982plainer
plainly1236472plainly
plaints94012052plaints
plaits83816472plaits
plane74929142plane
planing103418252planing
plank115221142plank
plans75731272plans
plant75437112plant
plash104616562plash
plasm94114632plasm
plasmin112410032plasmin
plat66048872pla_t
platan83913692platan
plate74635112plate
platen84518202platen
platina94413642platina
plating103823072plating
plats75531372plats
platy105021662platy
play95928982pla_y
playa105812942playa
playing133816092playing
plays106320772plays
plaza164311062plaza
pleon74216382pleon
pliant83918822pliant
plie65127392pl_ie
plink115219122pl_ink
plying124312082plying
prawn105312432prawn
purin75527592purin
pyin96823232p_yin
rain46251732_rain
sain45551292_sain
sprain83614862sprain
stain55727942stain
swain84919052swain
tain45548072_tain
train56529112train
twain86313622twain
ulan46527392ula_n
vain75233002_vain
wain75840202_wain

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001221.57634137.1
3Display Results1221220.0333697.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911221.92292971.4
 
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