Is it possible to get a natural word after it has been stemmed?

Question

I have a word play which after stemming has become plai. Now I want to get play again. Is it possible? I have used Porter's Stemmer.

Answer 1

Clearly not. Many different words, after being stemmed, can become plai: including play and playing.

Try it here: http://9ol.es/porter_js_demo.html

So if, given plai, it could have come from either word, it's not deterministic. Or do you want to get the set of all possible words that stem to plai?

Update: Qualtagh mentions some good ideas.