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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 “plaguer” 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.

32 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
plaguer1032827(None) 
plague93610851plague_
plagued11307471plagued
plaguers11286501plaguers
plagues103311061plagues
plaguey13335941plaguey
claquer18287352claquer
flagger12469352flagger
lager65132862_lag_er
lagger85919832_lagger
leaguer835792leaguer
pager84728202p_ag_er
placer105117742pla_cer
plage84520402plag_e_
plages94520152plag_es
plaguy12386412plagu_y
plainer93811982plainer
plaiter93615392plaiter
planer84122652pla_ner
planner93511622planner
planter94017802planter
plaque17317642plaque_
plaques18317892plaques
plasher124215032plasher
plaster93318692plaster
plater84427692pla_ter
platier93716292platier
platter93917412platter
player115215212pla_yer
playgoer1443532playgoer
plugger11378432plugger
vaguer10448442_vaguer

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 Filter1786911076710.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit107671323.90627565.5
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.70537979.0
 
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