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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 “playact” 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.

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
playact144655(None) 
playacts1543811playacts
playa105812942playa__
playacted1742642playacted
playactor1642092playactor
playas114612282playa_s
playback2144302playback
playlet1239522playlet
blatant9310673blatant
clamant11312433clamant
galyac1235973galyac_
galyacs1335273galyacs
layout9513703_layout
lyart85121883_l_yart
pact86648723p___act
palace104516923p_alace
papacy1547493p_apacy
pataca10311193p_ataca
payback2056453p_ayback
payout11714653p_ayout
peasant9314923peasant
placard1236783placard
placate11312433placate
place94824613pl__ace
placet103923673pla_cet
plack135017843pl__ack
placket15412873placket
plagal948573plaga_l
plaice10311553pla_ice
plaint85323203pla_int
plait75631573pl__ait
planar84212713plana_r
planate9314573planate
planch133711443pla_nch
planet84228353pla_net
plant75437113pl__ant
plat66048873pl__a_t
platan83913693plata_n
platane93112303platane
platans93413123platans
plaudit1046253plaudit
play95928983play___
playable15137923playable
playacting1842703playacting
playactors1742043playactors
playbacks2244133playbacks
playboy1743813playboy
playdate1465263playdate
playday1643823playday
playdays1742973playdays
played124815033play_ed
player115215213play_er
players124313763players
playful1544653playful
playing133816093playing
playland1444573playland
playlets1334903playlets
playlist1347573playlist
playmate1566463playmate
playoff1843533playoff
playpen1434693playpen
plays106320773play__s
playsuit1343773playsuit
plaza164311063plaza__
plazas17409913plaza_s
pleach134211243pl_each
pleasant1048323pleasant
pleat74734473pl_ea_t
pliant83918823pl_iant
preact103220393p_react

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit134027706.56320421.6
3Display Results70700.0302333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691707.02925422.0
 
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