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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 “plays” 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.

196 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
plays10632077(None) 
clays105521331clays
flays116321051flays
lays76043251_lays
pays95940221p_ays
plans75731271plans
plats75531371plats
platys11459851platys
play95928981play_
playa105812941playa
playas114612281playas
ploys105816591ploys
prays105022431prays
slays85723681slays
splays114910871splays
alans55636172alans
alas46358122ala_s
allays94313742allays
always12409132always
ays67050292__ays
bays97143912_bays
belays114313852belays
blabs95619632blabs
blahs105616512blahs
blams95023852blams
blats75132502blats
blaws105620462blaws
brays106723112brays
byplays1743102byplays
cays95437672_cays
chays135319742chays
clads85722732clads
clags85621122clags
clams95127672clams
clans75031012clans
claps95626182claps
class75525482class
claws106020832claws
clay95927412clay_
cloys104916942cloys
days87637132_days
delays104014052delays
drays95819772drays
elans55527752elans
fays108535362_fays
flabs105818642flabs
flags95321282flags
flams105125012flams
flans85327972flans
flaps105621382flaps
flats86429742flats
flaws115920342flaws
flay106332802flay_
fleys117015602fleys
frays116920102frays
gays87338022_gays
glads75620612glads
glams85822932glams
glans65125832glans
glass65518132glass
gleys96514852gleys
grays95621332grays
hays106138072_hays
inlays9389872inlays
jays146328342_jays
kays116032192_kays
labs67145122_labs
lacs66942482_lacs
lads56549132_lads
lags56546222_lags
lams66552262_lams
laps66848872_laps
lars46956572_lars
las37281472_la_s
lass47444542_lass
lats45962702_lats
lavs76734152_lavs
laws76441682_laws
lay68865352_lay_
leys76430182_leys
mays96940032_mays
nays75931592_nays
ofays11488922ofays
okays12609442okays
onlays9398712onlays
pacs85842182p_acs
pads76742952p_ads
palais8420422palais
pales75753802pales
palls74332562palls
palms94921752palms
palps94719562palps
pals66951352p_als
palsy105417462palsy
paly95835532paly_
pams85641762p_ams
pans65855732p_ans
paps86443452p_aps
parlays123910452parlays
pars67560792p_ars
pas58775742p_a_s
pass65239952p_ass
pats66460852p_ats
paws96038182p_aws
pay88461182p_ay_
peags86122842peags
peaks114825622peaks
peals75235492peals
peans75437642peans
pears75138612pears
peas65755062pea_s
peats76140192peats
pians75126962pians
pias66542552pia_s
pilafs113511022pilafs
pilaus84114132pilaus
pilaws11399432pilaws
place94824612place
places104323702places
plack135017842plack
placks144414152placks
plage84520402plage
plages94520152plages
plaid85118302plaid
plaids94312442plaids
plain74823302plain
plains85019592plains
plait75631572plait
plaits83816472plaits
plan65833942pla_n
plane74929142plane
planes85028082planes
plank115221142plank
planks124116752planks
plant75437112plant
plants84921802plants
plash104616562plash
plasm94114632plasm
plasms103711332plasms
plat66048872pla_t
plate74635112plate
plates85432242plates
platy105021662platy
played124815032played
player115215212player
players124313762players
plaza164311062plaza
plazas17409912plazas
pleads94613952pleads
pleas75627032pleas
pleats85218592pleats
plebs95814582plebs
plews105415352plews
plies74526512plies
plods85719292plods
plops95920332plops
plots75025672plots
plows105419902plows
ploy96123602ploy_
plugs85213492plugs
plums94619952plums
plus66324832pl_us
ply86323552pl_y_
polars84419352polars
polys105718762polys
prams96125512prams
praos74923562praos
prats76333392prats
praus74621752praus
pray96331532pray_
preys105717782preys
pyas96225702pya_s
quays174612042quays
rays77642352_rays
relays94316752relays
replays12399762replays
says75942102_says
shays116021432shays
slabs75322642slabs
slags66525902slags
slams74927902slams
slaps76025712slaps
slats55436902slats
slaws85222712slaws
slay76436382slay_
spays105520512spays
splats84817302splats
splay105816042splay_
sprays115913642sprays
stays86022022stays
sways115518462sways
trays85623432trays
ulans54921302ulans
unlays93810492unlays
ways107737952_ways
yays105728912_yays

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 Limit538001961.39038705.0
3Display Results1961960.0464260.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911961.749102167.5
 
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