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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 “plex” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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163 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
plex13732137(None) 
flex146123471flex
ilex115822031ilex
lex107943821_lex
plea66830601plea
pleb86123811pleb
pled75231431pled
plew97222811plew
prex135722971prex
ale36572342ale_
alec66430062alec
alee46652322alee
alef76340692alef
ales47067102ales
apex137220212apex
bleb85425222bleb
bled75729312bled
blet66247672blet
blew94722432blew
clef97028182clef
clew95520572clew
culex144613932culex
dex116936882_dex
diplex16408052diplex
duplex16386972duplex
ex98835642__ex
flax147325632flax
flea75628492flea
fled85429772fled
flee76238792flee
flew105824252flew
fley106626852fley
flux145617742flux
gled65631142gled
glee55239062glee
gleg66219802gleg
glen56027202glen
gley85724652gley
hex137436172_hex
ibex133813482ibex
ilea45931462ilea
kex146029592_kex
lax107651522_lax
lea37660182_lea
led46254562_led
lee36068142_lee
leg46446112_leg
lei36846382_lei
lek75640302_lek
les35663072_les
let36481472_let
leu36047402_leu
lev66139422_lev
ley66246812_ley
lez125541312_lez
lox108240962_lox
lux106528772_lux
ole37155212ole_
olea46532722olea
oleo46630482oleo
oles46453472oles
pale66055012pale_
palea75028662palea
paled85538722paled
paler75436942paler
pales75753802pales
palet74650802palet
pax127346852p_ax
pe47649032p_e_
pea56657242p_ea
pec76744412p_ec
ped66751532p_ed
pee56066512p_ee
peed76239182peed
peek106031432peek
peel65535612peel
peen65938082peen
peep85833692peep
peer66238352peer
pees65257372pees
peg65843062p_eg
peh86740962p_eh
pele65539552pele
peles75738082peles
pelf97031452pelf
pelt67651082pelt
pen56558842p_en
pep76447082p_ep
per56353092p_er
pes57259782p_es
pet56477302p_et
pew86442302p_ew
phew128417112phew
phlox1737332phlox
pie55457412pie_
pied75035372pied
pier66035302pier
pies66949612pies
pile65649702pile_
pilea75123952pilea
piled85232992piled
pilei74021782pilei
piles74742612piles
pix126437942p_ix
plan65833942plan
plat66048872plat
play95928982play
plead85818462plead
pleas75627032pleas
pleat74734472pleat
plebe95014872plebe
plebs95814582plebs
plena75816392plena
pleon74216382pleon
plews105415352plews
plexal1536842plexal
plexes155313542plexes
plexor1535252plexor
plexus15377282plexus
plie65127392plie
plied85118592plied
plier75221282plier
plies74526512plies
plod76723272plod
plop86625742plop
plot66141232plot
plow95923232plow
ploy96123602ploy
plug74915992plug
plum85122102plum
plus66324832plus
ply86323552pl_y
plyer106214332plyer
poem86225772poem
poet65552902poet
pole65951302pole_
poleax1547992poleax
poled84934842poled
poler74431792poler
poles75351002poles
pollex153711162pollex
pox126140692p_ox
pree67044732pree
prep86427672prep
prexy174611582prexy
prey96228482prey
prez156126312prez
pule65040952pule_
puled84926522puled
puler74826622puler
pules74538812pules
pye86432502pye_
pyes95528992pyes
pyrex175211212pyrex
pyx157817012p_yx
rex105740992_rex
sex107043222_sex
silex123417412silex
sled55334372sled
slew76228232slew
telex125214822telex
vex136429172_vex
ylem9217892ylem

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298721630.84335435.3
3Display Results1631630.0463543.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911631.169152858.0
 
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