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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 “playa” 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.

70 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
playa10581294(None) 
play95928981play_
playas114612281playas
plays106320771plays
plaza164311061plaza
abaya104413172abaya
aliya83713482aliya
clay95927412clay_
clays105521332clays
flay106332802flay_
flays116321052flays
lama66635292_lama
lava76725422_lava
lay68865352_lay_
lays76043252_lays
llama799892llama
maya95824592_maya
paca85132242p_aca
palapa10310672palapa
palea75028662palea
paly95835532paly_
papa85827142p_apa
papaya1337502papaya
para65242172p_ara
pay88461182p_ay_
pays95940222p_ays
piraya1167712piraya
pitaya1186602pitaya
place94824612place
plack135017842plack
plagal948572plagal
plage84520402plage
plaid85118302plaid
plain74823302plain
plait75631572plait
plan65833942pla_n
planar84212712planar
plane74929142plane
plank115221142plank
plans75731272plans
plant75437112plant
plash104616562plash
plasm94114632plasm
plasma103810912plasma
plat66048872pla_t
platan83913692platan
plate74635112plate
plats75531372plats
platy105021662platy
platys11459852platys
playact1446552playact
playday1643822playday
played124815032played
player115215212player
plazas17409912plazas
plea66830602pl_ea
plena75816392plena
plica9613372plica
ploy96123602ploy_
ploys105816592ploys
ply86323552pl_y_
pray96331532pray_
prays105022432prays
pya87023752p__ya
raya75224822_raya
slay76436382slay_
slays85723682slays
splay105816042splay_
splays114910872splays
ulama7711472ulama

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800701.64032804.9
3Display Results70700.0302333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691701.98390111.4
 
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