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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 “played” 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.

129 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
played12481503(None) 
clayed125013041clayed
flayed134414051flayed
layed95127381_layed
payed115925931p_ayed
placed114318001placed
planed94420911planed
plated95225771plated
player115215211player
ployed124310561ployed
prayed124815431prayed
slayed104716221slayed
splayed13357811splayed
alated75625152alated
allayed11138062allayed
bayed115423022_bayed
belayed133610082belayed
bladed104717762bladed
blamed116017952blamed
blared95018242blared
blawed124713892blawed
blazed184314712blazed
brayed124615782brayed
clawed125115072clawed
clayey14407662clayey
cloyed125111562cloyed
delayed123310762delayed
drayed115911392drayed
elated74725822elated
fayed126422152_fayed
flaked144715652flaked
flamed124618972flamed
flared105317602flared
flawed134712722flawed
flayer124713562flayer
fleyed13408812fleyed
frayed135012162frayed
glared84715202glared
glazed174711772glazed
gleyed11478152gleyed
grayed115415642grayed
hayed125822012_hayed
laced87132642_laced
laded74232612_laded
laked105731122_laked
lamed85235292_lamed
lased65132342_lased
lated65240672_lated
laved95028592_laved
lawed96028322_lawed
layer84626472_layer
lazed154925842_lazed
mayed115522402_mayed
okayed1434252okayed
paced106931682p_aced
paged95926782p_aged
palaced124110782palaced
paled85538722p_aled
palled94625162palled
palmed114314642palmed
palped114513642palped
paned85437182p_aned
pared86946762p_ared
parlayed1435822parlayed
pated85237842p_ated
paved115525262p_aved
pawed115725612p_awed
payee105524722p_ayee
payer105125722p_ayer
peaced115818912peaced
peaked136117402peaked
pealed95322812pealed
phased124011972phased
place94824612place_
placer105117742placer
places104323702places
placet103923672placet
placid114012542placid
plage84520402plage_
plages94520152plages
plagued11307472plagued
plaid85118302pla_id
plaided11409642plaided
plained103812232plained
plaited103713892plaited
plane74929142plane_
planer84122652planer
planes85028082planes
planet84228352planet
planked143512282planked
planned103810152planned
planted103516122planted
plashed133712642plashed
plate74635112plate_
platen84518202platen
plater84427692plater
plates85432242plates
platted103614262platted
play95928982play__
playa105812942play_a
playas114612282playas
players124313762players
playlet1239522playlet
playpen1434692playpen
plays106320772play_s
pleaded113511262pleaded
pleased103712072pleased
pleated103816632pleated
pled75231432pl__ed
plied85118592pl_ied
plowed124213202plowed
plumed114412882plumed
plyer106214332pl_yer
prated94924922prated
prayer114815292prayer
preyed125313202preyed
rayed95127502_rayed
relayed113212752relayed
replayed14248632replayed
sayed96127142_sayed
slaked114318272slaked
slated75028312slated
slaved104017042slaved
slayer93916332slayer
spayed124213612spayed
sprayed13398902sprayed
stayed104817272stayed
swayed133510262swayed
unplayed1437262unplayed

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511292.48333246.5
3Display Results1291290.0333909.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911292.85962501.2
 
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