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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 “parlays” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
parlays12391045(None) 
parlay113713991parlay_
parleys125212371parleys
allays94313742_allays
arrays95311682_arrays
barleys125011842barleys
earlaps936392earlaps
margays1337492margays
palais8420422pa_lais
paralyse1347482paralyse
paras76143042par_a_s
pardahs13289672pardahs
pariahs123812342pariahs
parians93519732parians
parkas125018022parka_s
parkways2043972parkways
parlayed1435822parlayed
parles86334402parl_es
parley116718362parley_
parlors9312912parlors
parlous9414292parlous
parrals94414572parrals
parsleys1335082parsleys
partans94418282partans
paydays1634432paydays
plays106320772p__lays
prays105022432p_r_ays
waylays1634672waylays

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671283.22033438.2
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691283.60949512.6
 
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