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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 “parlay” 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.

45 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
parlay11371400(None) 
parlays123910451parlays
parley116718361parley
allay85620392_allay
array86317152_array
barley115116762barley
earlap837192earlap
early85324122earl_y
margay12310602margay
marly106925612marl_y
pally105727122pa_lly
palmy126016732pa_lmy
palsy105417462pa_lsy
paly95835532pa_l_y
para65242182par_a_
parae76335712par_ae
paras76143052par_as
pardah123412832pardah
pardy115523952par_dy
pariah114320592pariah
parian83223972parian
parity114719872parity
parka115120892parka_
parkas125018032parkas
parkway1934552parkway
parlayed1435822parlayed
parle75836162parl_e
parled94626292parled
parles86334412parles
parleys125212382parleys
parlor8312682parlor
parody12410092parody
parral85517542parral
parry105323752par_ry
parsley1247802parsley
partan83820572partan
partly116315472partly
partway1535922partway
party106630612par_ty
patly105020582patl_y
payday1536612payday
pearly116414842pearl_y
play95928982p__lay
pray96331532p_r_ay
waylay1535452waylay

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551452.56332208.7
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.90561511.5
 
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