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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 “pleaching” 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.

29 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
pleaching1725708(None) 
bleaching17287091bleaching
leaching143012831_leaching
peaching163613641p_eaching
preaching172811161preaching
beaching164114142_beaching
blenching17276502blenching
breaching17269402breaching
clenching17266302clenching
fleeching18305012fleeching
flenching18296702flenching
fletching18256142fletching
leashing123310312_leashing
leching134613652_le_ching
leeching14318372_leeching
letching143810262_letching
peacing124117072p_eac_ing
peching154513902p_e_ching
perching163711632p_erching
placing123815282pl_ac_ing
plashing143311062pl_ashing
pleading123011442plea_ding
pleasing112611592plea_sing
pleating112916052plea_ting
poaching163510832p_oaching
preacting142412532preacting
reaching143317202_reaching
teaching143612602_teaching
upreaching1844112upreaching

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436293.75032382.9
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691294.15642995.9
 
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