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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 “pleasers” 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.

47 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
pleasers10401029(None) 
leasers74717841_leasers
pleaders113210181pleaders
pleaser93912341pleaser_
pleases94515481please_s
pleaters103613791pleaters
appeasers1345262appeasers
bleaters103412322bleaters
blessers10277632blessers
cleaners103610542cleaners
cleansers11335072cleansers
clearers10349302clearers
cleavers13398872cleavers
creasers103612842creasers
flensers1135462flensers
gleamers11306562gleamers
gleaners9348072gleaners
greasers93410252greasers
lasers64925702_l_asers
leaders83819602_leaders
leakers113415422_leakers
leaners73718172_leaners
leapers93716662_leapers
leaser65322672_leaser_
leases65428112_lease_s
leavers103717782_leavers
oleasters936732oleasters
peases85229472p_ease_s
placers114515262pl_acers
planers94517942pl_aners
plashers133813452pl_ashers
plasters103518132pl_asters
platers93924092pl_aters
players124313762pl_ayers
pleader103511752pleader_
please84315732please__
pleased103712072please_d
pleasure1045542pleasure
pleasures1145572pleasures
pleater93916332pleater_
pleathers1446452pleathers
pledgers12387642pledgers
plessors10278252plessors
preavers13910262preavers
pressers103215022pressers
releasers937322releasers
teasers75317242_teasers

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059473.81331749.0
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691474.21642384.0
 
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