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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 “playbook” 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.

32 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
playbook194346(None) 
playbooks2043371playbooks
daybook1744372_daybook
lawbook1644032_lawbook
playback2144302playback
playboy1743812playb_oy
playboys1843652playboys
playroom1544552playroom
blaubok1542243blaub_ok
bluebook1643393bluebook
chapbook2193743chapbook
claybank1942893claybank
copybook2142833copybook
daybooks1843983_daybooks
flipbook1942093flipbook
lawbooks1743743_lawbooks
logbook1454513_logbook
partook1337313p_artook
passbook1643283passbook
payback2056453p_ayback
platoon938953pla_toon
playbacks2244133playbacks
playbill1543373playbill
playdown1743593playdown
playgoer1443533playgoer
playoff1843533play_off
playrooms1644223playrooms
plywood1645133pl_ywood
prebook1557523p_rebook
psalmbook1951113psalmbook
splayfoot1752113splayfoot
yearbook1742743yearbook

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit146162329.14015991.5
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691329.46918871.2
 
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