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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 “playdown” 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
playdown174359(None) 
playdowns1843071playdowns
adown95611663__a_down
blowdown1743243blowdown
clampdown1951843clampdown
drawdown1642183drawdown
lardon74415063_lardo_n
lardoon83410373_lardoon
letdown1144263_letdown
lowdown1454483_lowdown
pardon94618733p_ardo_n
phasedown1852083phasedown
plasmon11257983plasmo_n
platoon938953pla_toon
playbook1943463playbook
playboy1743813playbo_y
playboys1843653playboys
playdate1465263playdate
playday1643823playd_ay
playdays1742973playdays
playgoer1443533playgoer
playgoing1663563playgoing
playoff1843533play_off
playpen1434693play_pen
playroom1544553playroom
pushdown1742523pushdown
putdown1343883p_utdown
slowdown1542863slowdown
splashdown199973splashdown
teardown1243763teardown

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162306.44022696.0
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691306.86026048.3
 
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