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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 “plea” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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229 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
plea6683060(None) 
flea75628491flea
ilea45931461ilea
lea37660181_lea
olea46532721olea
palea75028661palea
pea56657241p_ea
pilea75123951pilea
plead85818461plead
pleas75627031pleas
pleat74734471pleat
pleb86123811pleb
pled75231431pled
plena75816391plena
plew97222811plew
plex137321371plex
ala312463602al_a
alae45643752alae
alba68328332alba
ale36572342ale_
alec66430062alec
alee46652322alee
alef76340692alef
ales47067102ales
alfa77624272alfa
alga57927602alga
alma66333022alma
apnea73413412apnea
area45843392area
asea46327182asea
blae66134642blae
bleak115915382bleak
blear75918682blear
bleat75737002bleat
bleb85425222bleb
bled75729312bled
blet66247672blet
blew94722432blew
clean75420412clean
clear76219052clear
cleat76335062cleat
clef97028182clef
clew95520572clew
fleam106017282fleam
fleas86423662fleas
fled85429772fled
flee76238792flee
flew105824252flew
flex146123472flex
fley106626852fley
galea64722932galea
gleam86916732gleam
glean65818202glean
gleba83910242gleba
gled65631142gled
glee55239062glee
gleg66219802gleg
glen56027202glen
gley85724652gley
glia56423152glia
idea59122772idea
ileac75814172ileac
ileal56118082ileal
ilex115822032ilex
ilia46026822ilia
ilka87215152ilka
kea76540912_kea
la219261632_l_a
lead56038852_lead
leaf76441032_leaf
leak86233712_leak
leal46043272_leal
lean46345242_lean
leap66032682_leap
lear47045952_lear
leas45954182_leas
led46254552_led
lee36068142_lee
leg46446112_leg
lei36846382_lei
lek75640302_lek
les35663072_les
let36481472_let
leu36047402_leu
lev66139422_lev
leva77020712_leva
lex107943822_lex
ley66246812_ley
lez125541312_lez
odea56224572odea
ole37155212ole_
oleo46630482oleo
oles46453472oles
olla44821172olla
pa410456482p__a
paca85132242paca
paean77222722paean
pale66055012pale_
paleae84820292paleae
paleal84716672paleal
paled85538722paled
paler75436932paler
pales75753802pales
palet74650802palet
papa85827142papa
para65242172para
pe47649032p_e_
peag75431342p_eag
peak106535202p_eak
peal68648102p_eal
pean66147172p_ean
pear69745232p_ear
peas65755062p_eas
peat65967932p_eat
pec76744412p_ec
ped66751522p_ed
pee56066512p_ee
peed76239182peed
peek106031432peek
peel65535612peel
peen65938082peen
peep85833692peep
peer66238352peer
pees65257372pees
peg65843062p_eg
peh86740962p_eh
pele65539552pele
peles75738082peles
pelf97031452pelf
pelt67651082pelt
pen56558842p_en
pep76447082p_ep
per56353092p_er
perea75026442perea
pes57259782p_es
pet56477302p_et
pew86442302p_ew
phew128417112phew
pia56848032p_ia
pica85831492pica
pie55457402pie_
pied75035362pied
pier66035292pier
pies66949602pies
pieta75421752pieta
pika106322952pika
pile65649692pile_
piled85232992piled
pilei74021782pilei
piles74742612piles
pima85428652pima
pina65842632pina
pita65436432pita
plan65833942plan
plat66048872plat
play95928982play
playa105812942playa
plaza164311062plaza
pleach134211242pleach
pleads94613952pleads
please84315732please
pleats85218592pleats
plebe95014872plebe
plebs95814582plebs
pleiad947832pleiad
pleon74216382pleon
pleura837532pleura
plews105415352plews
plexal1536842plexal
plica9613372plica
plie65127392plie
plied85118592plied
plier75221282plier
plies74526512plies
plod76723272plod
plop86625742plop
plot66141232plot
plow95923232plow
ploy96123602ploy
plug74915992plug
plum85122102plum
plus66324832plus
ply86323552pl_y
plyer106214332plyer
poem86225772poem
poet65552902poet
pole65951302pole_
poleax1547992poleax
poled84934842poled
poler74431792poler
poles75351002poles
polka11310412polka
pree67044732pree
prep86427672prep
presa74319042presa
prex135722972prex
prey96228482prey
prez156126312prez
proa66229962proa
puja135714922puja
pula65129372pula
pule65040952pule_
puled84926522puled
puler74826622puler
pules74538812pules
puma85424122puma
puna65331652puna
pupa85422812pupa
pya87023752p_ya
pye86432502pye_
pyes95528992pyes
rhea75017432rhea
sea36161292_sea
shea76031572shea
sled55334372sled
slew76228232slew
tea37353322_tea
tela45532972tela
toea46732332toea
ulema7109712ulema
ulna46317332ulna
ulva75412692ulva
upleap10106842upleap
urea46528062urea
uvea74712652uvea
vela75725542vela
yea66445752_yea
ylem9217892ylem
zoea137118422zoea

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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298722290.75039829.3
3Display Results2292290.0633634.9
 (SQL Overall)1786912291.079165608.0
 
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