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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 “pleasing” 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.

56 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
pleasing11261159(None) 
leasing83920161_leasing
pleading123011441pleading
pleating112916051pleating
aliasing9310072aliasing
appeasing1446342appeasing
blearing113111942blearing
bleating113514502bleating
blessing1137592blessing
ceasing104118262_ceasing
cleaning113112382cleaning
cleansing1235072cleansing
clearing113014882clearing
cleating113518142cleating
cleaving141389682cleaving
creasing113314442creasing
easing74926462__easing
feasing113916652_feasing
flensing1246972flensing
gleaming12277932gleaming
gleaning10269322gleaning
greasing102811392greasing
lasing74727982_l_asing
leading93419552_leading
leafing113313582_leafing
leaking123616972_leaking
leaning83721202_leaning
leaping103215992_leaping
leashing123310312_leashing
leasings9379842_leasings
leaving114216852_leaving
lensing84015102_lensing
peacing124117072p_eacing
peaking144317692p_eaking
pealing104123202p_ealing
peising103416762p_eising
phasing133211672p_hasing
phrasing1438012phrasing
placing123815282pl_acing
planing103418252pl_aning
plashing143311062pl_ashing
plating103823072pl_ating
playing133816092pl_aying
pleaching17257082pleaching
pleadings13285542pleadings
pleasant1048322pleasant
pleasingly1644172pleasingly
pleasuring1343502pleasuring
pledging13276362pledging
poleaxing1944872poleaxing
pressing112516442pressing
releasing10411012releasing
sleaving123310982sleaving
teasing83918512_teasing
unpleasing1344772unpleasing
upleaping1434362upleaping

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059563.37635858.7
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691563.76547461.1
 
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