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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 “playing” 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.

108 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
playing13381609(None) 
claying133614301claying
flaying143914461flaying
laying104525701_laying
paying123722161p_aying
placing123815281placing
planing103418251planing
plating103823071plating
ploying132811571ploying
plying124312081pl_ying
praying133717321praying
slaying113316841slaying
splaying14219301splaying
allaying12339312allaying
allying113011662allying
baying125222582_baying
belaying143110602belaying
blading113615362blading
blaming123515692blaming
blaring104317112blaring
blawing134012752blawing
blazing193612392blazing
braying134416312braying
clawing133812672clawing
cloying133511752cloying
delaying133210972delaying
draying123813842draying
elating83423082elating
faying134521072_faying
flaking154114492flaking
flaming134216442flaming
flaring114116802flaring
flawing143812562flawing
fleying14329872fleying
flying134612152fl_ying
fraying143413432fraying
glaring93714882glaring
glazing183611002glazing
gleying12318432gleying
graying124115882graying
haying134420612_haying
inlaying1247892inlaying
lacing94626232_lacing
lading84227122_lading
laking115027042_laking
laming94528362_laming
lasing74727982_lasing
laving104623572_laving
lawing104625282_lawing
layin84720332_layin_
layins93817652_layins
lazing164821472_lazing
lazying2046672_lazying
lying95717452_l_ying
maying124421152_maying
okaying1534832okaying
pacing114522752p_acing
paging104020402p_aging
paling93530132p_aling
palling104024492palling
palming123914012palming
palping124112872palping
palsying1436232palsying
paring94236492p_aring
parlaying1537302parlaying
paving124519742p_aving
pawing124519552p_awing
peacing124117072peacing
peaking144317692peaking
pealing104123202pealing
phasing133211672phasing
pitying132910242pitying
plaguing1236032plaguing
plain74823302pla_in_
plaining113911552plaining
plains85019592pla_ins
plaint85323202pla_int
plaiting113113512plaiting
planking153513012planking
planning113610222planning
planting113515382planting
plashing143311062plashing
platina94413642platina
platings113611362platings
platting114813032platting
playgoing1663562playgoing
plaything1843852plaything
pleading123011442pleading
pleasing112611592pleasing
pleating112916052pleating
plowing133111722plowing
pluming123412042pluming
ponying133312122ponying
prating103424452prating
preying133114552preying
prying124114802p_rying
raying105027192_raying
relaying122515152relaying
replaying15259602replaying
saying104325542_saying
slaking123717472slaking
slating83724652slating
slaving113514832slaving
spaying133014622spaying
spraying14299882spraying
staying114017322staying
swaying143610642swaying
unlaying1258362unlaying

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit1076711083.01335735.5
3Display Results1081080.0462347.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911083.44951809.5
 
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