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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 “ploys” 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.

138 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
ploys10581659(None) 
cloys104916941cloys
plays106320771plays
plods85719291plods
plops95920331plops
plots75025671plots
plows105419901plows
ploy96123601ploy_
polys105718761polys
alloys94014562alloys
aloes54933672aloes
blobs95620032blobs
blocs95219652blocs
blogs85319232blogs
blots75626172blots
blows105423832blows
boys96737332_boys
buoys104810632buoys
clays105521332clays
clods85320862clods
clogs85519552clogs
clons75228132clons
clops95924852clops
clots75627642clots
cloy96623832cloy_
coys97537242_coys
deploys1336522deploys
employs1455522employs
flays116321052flays
fleys117015602fleys
flocs105519232flocs
floes85528142floes
flogs95919962flogs
flops105920142flops
floss85118262floss
flows115822362flows
foys105628292_foys
gleys96514852gleys
globs85616402globs
gloms85219782gloms
glops85619552glops
gloss64319622gloss
glows95518032glows
goys86328412_goys
hoys107733932_hoys
joys146624662_joys
lays76043252_lays
leys76430182_leys
lobs66441082_lobs
logs57343112_logs
loos49051122_loos
lops66043352_lops
loss45337962_loss
lots47652092_lots
lows75843012_lows
pays95940222p_ays
peons75327182peons
phons105221142phons
phots105418502phots
pilots84018872pilots
pilous84717752pilous
pions75826392pions
pious74621272pious
plans75731272plans
plats75531372plats
platys11459852platys
play95928982play_
playa105812942playa
playas114612282playas
pleas75627032pleas
plebs95814582plebs
pleons84213342pleons
plews105415352plews
plies74526512plies
plod76723272plo_d
plonk114613982plonk
plonks124210422plonks
plop86625742plo_p
plot66141232plo_t
plotz164617002plotz
plow95923232plo_w
ployed124310562ployed
plugs85213492plugs
plums94619952plums
plus66324832pl_us
ply86323552pl_y_
poboys1397312poboys
pods76540152p_ods
pois66539042p_ois
poles75351002poles
polis74731162polis
polls74627722polls
polos76129912polos
pols66044562p_ols
poly96235152poly_
polyp125611532polyp
polyps13479762polyps
poms87037742p_oms
pons65850602p_ons
poods85124752poods
poofs105222792poofs
poohs103915712poohs
pools74427702pools
poons75430972poons
poops94422412poops
poos65949112p_oos
pops86340952p_ops
posy96028422p_osy
pots66452362p_ots
pows95537662p_ows
prays105022432prays
preys105717782preys
proas75028802proas
prods85523552prods
profs105120892profs
progs86624152progs
proms95426412proms
props95726882props
pros65742782pro_s
pross76529402pross
prosy106319252prosy
prows106327012prows
psoas75012982psoas
pylons113011242pylons
slays85723682slays
slobs74419872slobs
sloes54728872sloes
slogs64521842slogs
slops75026012slops
slots54830532slots
slows85323462slows
sloyd9409682sloyd
sloyds10346292sloyds
soys75233932_soys
splays114910872splays
toys78036342_toys
troys86418612troys
zlotys18374172zlotys

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001381.64032804.9
3Display Results1381380.0304600.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911381.96690890.6
 
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