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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 “pheasant” 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.

42 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
pheasant134708(None) 
peasant9314921p_easant
pheasants1443721pheasants
pleasant1048321pleasant
peasants1038262p_easants
jessant1438443_jessant
obeisant1046093obeisant
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
phalanx1945203ph_alanx
phasing133211673ph_asing
phrasal1246163phrasa_l
phrasing1438013phrasing
pieplant1268733pieplant
pissant91012503p_issant
pleasance1344303pleasance
pleasanter1242423pleasanter
pleasantly1552733pleasantly
pleasantry1551633pleasantry
pleasing112611593pleasing
preadapt1346863preadapt
pregnant1149883pregnant
preplant12712913preplant
present94022733pre_sent
puissant10105393puissant
pulsant9310563p_ulsant
sealant73118303_sealant
seawant103613413_seawant
unpleasant1252413unpleasant
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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162427.00020880.3
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.45223978.9
 
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