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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 “playbacks” 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.

45 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
playbacks224413(None) 
paybacks2145491p_aybacks
playback2144301playback_
clawbacks2243622clawbacks
claybanks2042412claybanks
graybacks2143822graybacks
payback2056452p_ayback_
playacts1543812play_acts
playbooks2043372playbooks
plowbacks2243122plowbacks
swaybacks2343582swaybacks
blowbacks2243673blowbacks
buybacks2144783_buybacks
callbacks1945023callbacks
clawback2143843clawback_
claybank1942893claybank_
drawbacks2143373drawbacks
fallbacks2044353fallbacks
fatbacks1946003_fatbacks
flapjacks2742283flapjacks
flarebacks2143003flarebacks
flashbacks2452613flashbacks
grayback2043933grayback_
halfbacks2343993halfbacks
hayracks2045313_hayracks
piggybacks2551553piggybacks
placks144414153pl___acks
playact1446553play_ac_t
playas114612283play_a__s
playbills1642903playbills
playbook1943463playbook_
playboys1843653playb_oys
playdates1554903playdates
playdays1742973playda_ys
playlands1543893playlands
playmates1646603playmates
plowback2143303plowback_
pullbacks1943773pullbacks
scatbacks1974713scatbacks
seatbacks17115603seatbacks
slapjacks2443133slapjacks
slotbacks1743863slotbacks
snapbacks1954303snapbacks
swayback2243683swayback_
talkbacks1643783talkbacks

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 Filter1786911486410.456391866.2
2DLD Change Limit148641456.95021387.2
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.42224075.9
 
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