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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 “endplay” 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.

36 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
endplay1310396(None) 
endplays14123771endplays
endplate1147082endplate
endplayed1642782endplayed
airplay1245483airplay
benday123810813bend__ay
byplay1634193_byplay
delay94820633__delay
display1336663display
eidola737683eidola_
employ1346493e_mploy
endear74110013end_ear
endleaf1145223endleaf
endogamy1542983endogamy
endoplasm1444833endoplasm
endplates1246843endplates
endplaying1742763endplaying
endways1444443end_ways
enplane939723en_plane
gunplay1343233gunplay
inlay85214323in__lay
misplay1436383misplay
nonplay1246683nonplay
onlay84212943on__lay
outplay12267723outplay
pendular1144943pendular
play95928983___play
replay113412923_replay
splay105816043__splay
teleplay1343073teleplay
underlay12147653underlay
underplay1545193underplay
undular837123undular
unduly1037823undul_y
unlay84613703un__lay
wordplay1752753wordplay

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit134027366.39320964.6
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691366.54927285.2
 
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