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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 “play” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

245 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
play9592898(None) 
clay95927411clay
flay106332801flay
lay68865351_lay
paly95835531paly
pay88461181p_ay
plan65833941plan
plat66048871plat
platy105021661platy
playa105812941playa
plays106320771plays
ploy96123601ploy
ply86323551pl_y
pray96331531pray
slay76436381slay
splay105816041splay
ala312463602ala_
alae45643752alae
alan46844082alan
alar46340072alar
alary86123442alary
alas46358122alas
alky115920342alky
allay85620392allay
ally76935642ally
alway116113922alway
away108024222away
ay511773892__ay
bay89661642_bay
belay105021522belay
blab86629132blab
blae66134642blae
blah98625062blah
blam86131702blam
blat66550952blat
blaw97026722blaw
bray95232902bray
byplay1634192byplay
cay87155982_cay
chay124924872chay
clad76225822clad
clag75924572clag
clam86332292clam
clan65633922clan
clap86429042clap
clary105719612clary
claw95624342claw
clays105521332clays
cloy96623832cloy
day76254112_day
delay94820632delay
dray85428092dray
elan46734242elan
elmy95616792elmy
fay97454862_fay
flab96628352flab
flag87427082flag
flak116026172flak
flaky155715582flaky
flam96333292flam
flamy135217472flamy
flan76134182flan
flap96128702flap
flat77147822flat
flaw106326642flaw
flawy145913382flawy
flax147325632flax
flaxy189012292flaxy
flays116321052flays
fley106626852fley
fly97124952fl_y
fray105428902fray
gay76856492_gay
glad65624012glad
glady105413942glady
glam76529342glam
glary96018542glary
glazy187410982glazy
gley85724652gley
gray85329892gray
hay97358772_hay
illy76925332illy
inlay85214322inlay
jay136242672_jay
kay106745542_kay
la219261632_la_
lab58864782_lab
lac510155822_lac
lacy95829632_lacy
lad48165702_lad
lady86527152_lady
lag47862122_lag
laky116725822_laky
lam57666712_lam
lap58565272_lap
lar37967532_lar
las37281472_las
lat37593402_lat
lav66847342_lav
law68656642_law
lax107651522_lax
lays76043252_lays
lazy166423072_lazy
ley66246812_ley
may88757632_may
nay66952772_nay
ofay106416102ofay
okay115917662okay
oldy85316842oldy
onlay84212942onlay
pa410456482p_a_
pac79054082p_ac
pacy115328682pacy
pad68057322p_ad
pah88853592p_ah
pal56761672p_al
pale66055012pale
pall65039342pall
pally105727122pally
palm85331362palm
palmy126016732palmy
palp85828572palp
pals66951352pals
palsy105417462palsy
pam77858392p_am
pan58466452p_an
pap76758402p_ap
par57467022p_ar
parlay113713992parlay
pas58775742p_as
pat58089462p_at
paty95234562paty
paw87651172p_aw
pax127346852p_ax
pays95940222p_ays
pea56657242pea_
peag75431342peag
peak106535202peak
peaky145718152peaky
peal68648102peal
pean66147172pean
pear69745232pear
peas65755062peas
peat65967932peat
peaty105725692peaty
peavy135014842peavy
phat95837862phat
pia56848032pia_
pial65636702pial
pian66136092pian
pias66542552pias
pilaf103923482pilaf
pilar75221502pilar
pilau73618522pilau
pilaw103913742pilaw
pily96132732pily
piny911838352piny
pipy115421512pipy
pity96031932pity
pixy166117762pixy
place94824612place
plack135017842plack
plage84520402plage
plaguy12386412plaguy
plaid85118302plaid
plain74823302plain
plait75631572plait
plane74929142plane
plank115221142plank
plans75731272plans
plant75437112plant
plash104616562plash
plashy14448872plashy
plasm94114632plasm
plate74635112plate
plats75531372plats
platys11459852platys
playas114612282playas
played124815032played
player115215212player
plaza164311062plaza
plea66830602plea
plead85818462plead
pleas75627032pleas
pleat74734472pleat
pleb86123812pleb
pled75231432pled
plew97222812plew
plex137321372plex
plie65127392plie
plod76723272plod
plop86625742plop
plot66141232plot
plow95923232plow
ploys105816592ploys
plug74915992plug
plum85122102plum
plumy124213232plumy
plus66324832plus
pogy105623552pogy
poky135922152poky
polar75623452polar
poly96235152poly
pony96434052pony
posy96028422posy
poxy166820892poxy
pram85733492pram
prao66229022prao
prat65952042prat
prau66529472prau
prays105022432prays
prey96228482prey
pry85728052p_ry
pula65129372pula_
pulpy124612362pulpy
puny95526992puny
pya87023752pya_
pyas96225702pyas
quay164618352quay
ray66361992_ray
relay84424672relay
replay113412922replay
say67264762_say
shay107133342shay
slab67133762slab
slag55934352slag
slam67737972slam
slap66434042slap
slat46959022slat
slaty86523152slaty
slaw77930712slaw
slays85723682slays
sly66228562sl_y
spay96631662spay
splat76129342splat
splays114910872splays
spray106720062spray
stay78333722stay
sway107128232sway
tray77632592tray
ulan46527392ulan
unlay84613702unlay
waly105830902waly
way96757662_way
yay96948712_yay

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit298722450.89033564.0
3Display Results2452450.0465326.1
 (SQL Overall)1786912451.016175877.0
 
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