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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 “pleasant” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

68 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
pleasant104832(None) 
peasant9314921p_easant
pheasant1347081pheasant
peasants1038262p_easants
pheasants1443722pheasants
pleasance1344302pleasance
pleasanter1242422pleasanter
pleasantly1552732pleasantly
pleasantry1551632pleasantry
pleasing112611592pleasing
unpleasant1252412unpleasant
blatant9310673bl_atant
clamant11312433cl_amant
elegant8311503ele_gant
elephant1347553elephant
fleabane1343633fleabane
jessant1438443_jessant
leant56737783_le__ant
learnt64019253_lea_rnt
leasing83920163_leasing
least56134883_leas__t
levant9314493_le_vant
obeisant1046083obeisant
paesan85114093pae_san_
paesani9348683pae_sani
paesano9338793pae_sano
paesans93312693pae_sans
parasang1147333parasang
passant9813943p_assant
peasantry1442883p_easantry
peasen84815963p_easen_
peccant13311733p_eccant
pedant9319493p_e_dant
pendant10314853p_endant
pennant9312493p_ennant
persalt9315413p_ersalt
pieplant1268733pieplant
pissant91012503p_issant
plaint85323203pl_a_int
plant75437113pl___ant
platan83913693pl_atan_
platane93112303pl_atane
platans93413123pl_atans
playact1446553pl_ayact
pleading123011443pleading
pleas75627033pleas___
pleasances1444193pleasances
pleasantest1352833pleasantest
please84315733pleas__e
pleased103712073pleas_ed
pleaser93912343pleas_er
pleasers104010293pleasers
pleases94515483pleas_es
pleasure1045543pleasure
pleat74734473ple__a_t
pleating112916053pleating
pliant83918823pl__iant
preadapt1346863preadapt
pregnant1149883pregnant
preplant12712913preplant
present94022733pre_sent
puissant10105393puissant
pulsant9310563p_ulsant
relaxant1545843relaxant
sealant73118303_sealant
seawant103613413_seawant
versant10313833_versant
weasand1135503_weasand

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.563317390.8
2DLD Change Limit146162687.14020470.9
3Display Results68680.0332060.6
 (SQL Overall)178691687.73623098.6
 
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