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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 “airplays” 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.

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
airplays134453(None) 
airplay1245481airplay_
airplane1067792airplane
airplanes1187232airplanes
airways1336242air_ways
displays1446292displays
misplays1555542misplays
virelays1444642virelays
airbags1036293air_bags
airboats1047283airboats
airflows1443833airflows
airglows1243463airglows
airheads1246133airheads
airily93014823airil_y_
airless73712043air_less
airpark1344923airp_ark
airparks1443913airparks
airports1046463airports
airposts1045923airposts
airway1237693air_way_
allays94313743a__llays
arrays95311683a_r_rays
byplays1743103_byplays
display1336663display_
endplays14123773endplays
fairways1743873fair_ways
fireclays1743353fireclays
foreplays1745043foreplays
gunplays1442713gunplays
hairsprays1851613hairsprays
hirples12149643hirpl_es
inlays9389873_i_nlays
mislays12349243mi_slays
misplans1238863misplans
misplay1436383misplay_
nonplays1344893nonplays
outplays13246843outplays
overplays17287013overplays
parlays123910453par_lays
plays106320773___plays
relays94316753__relays
replays12399763_replays
splays114910873__splays
virelais1146413virelais
virelay1335943virelay_
wireways1745833wireways
wordplays1852383wordplays

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162477.30020022.2
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691477.73323107.6
 
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