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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 “playmaker” 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.

30 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
playmaker204362(None) 
playmakers2143101playmakers
haymaker20104772_haymaker
lawmaker1743922_lawmaker
platemaker1852902platemaker
playmate1566462playmate_
playmates1646602playmates
capmaker1855203_capmaker
carmaker1637313_carmaker
glassmaker1752493glassmaker
hatmaker1785353_hatmaker
haymakers21104553_haymakers
kayaker1354503_kay_aker
lawmakers1843893_lawmakers
mapmaker1864373_mapmaker
pacemaker19104763pacemaker
partaker1436873p_artaker
paymaster1643873p_aymaster
peacemaker20142653peacemaker
placater1238013pla_cater
plasmagel1443113plasmagel
platemakers1952823platemakers
playdate1465263playdate_
playdates1554903playdates
player115215213play___er
playgoer1443533play_goer
playlike1735613playlike_
playmaking2243393playmaking
teamaker1445113tea_maker
warmaker1735973_warmaker

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641308.45017590.7
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.88920102.5
 
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