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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 “playmakers” 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.

29 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
playmakers214310(None) 
playmaker2043621playmaker_
haymakers21104552_haymakers
lawmakers1843892_lawmakers
platemakers1952822platemakers
playmates1646602playmate_s
capmakers1944723_capmakers
carmakers1736923_carmakers
glassmakers1852283glassmakers
hatmakers18105173_hatmakers
haymaker20104773_haymaker_
kayakers1463613_kay_akers
lawmaker1743923_lawmaker_
mapmakers1944043_mapmakers
pacemakers20104263pacemakers
partakers1536563p_artakers
paymasters1743843p_aymasters
peacemakers21102463peacemakers
placaters1336473pla_caters
plasmagels1552473plasmagels
platemaker1852903platemaker_
playdates1554903playdate_s
players124313763play___ers
playgoers1543193play_goers
playmaking2243393playmaking
playmakings2352463playmakings
playmate1566463playmate__
teamakers1544873tea_makers
warmakers1845633_warmakers

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603295.43625865.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691295.87530415.5
 
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