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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 “playboy” 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.

63 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
playboy174381(None) 
playboys1843651playboys
flyboy17113912fl_yboy
playbook1943462playbook
playday1643822playday
plowboy1743182plowboy
batboy1387533_batboy
blabby1234813bla_bby
blackboy2143163blackboy
blaubok1542243blaubok
bullyboy1842423bullyboy
callboy1465833callboy
carboy134914183_carboy
clayey14407663clay_ey
copyboy1963513copyboy
flabby1634573fla_bby
flyboys18112943fl_yboys
flyby1676003fl_yb_y
labor75117313_la_bor
lamby125114843_lamb_y
lowboy1435903_lowboy
pageboy1543873pageboy
payably17177093p_ayably
payday1536613p_ayday
payor105413843p_ay_or
placably17156673placably
placebo1343293placebo_
placebos1443713placebos
plaguey13335943plaguey
plaguy12386413pla_guy
plainly1236473plainly
plashy14448873pla_shy
plasmon11257983plasmon
platoon938953platoon
platy105021663pla__ty
play95928983pla___y
playa105812943play__a
playable15137923playable
playact1446553playact
playas114612283play_as
playback2144303playback
playbill1543373playbill
playbooks2043373playbooks
playdays1742973playdays
playdown1743593playdown
played124815033play_ed
player115215213play_er
players124313763players
playful1544653playful
playgoer1443533playgoer
playing133816093playing
playlet1239523playlet
playoff1843533playoff
playpen1434693playpen
playroom1544553playroom
plays106320773play__s
pliably14147383pliably
plowboys1842363plowboys
ploy96123603pl___oy
poboy121612223p__oboy
postboy1476673postboy
potboy1397813p_otboy
tallboy1265143tallboy

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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit134027636.15321782.4
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691636.59227107.3
 
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