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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 “allaying” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
allaying1233930(None) 
alloying12339141alloying
allying113011661all_ying
ablating11311992ablating
aliasing9310072aliasing
alleging1038472alleging
allowing12369092allowing
alluding1036952alluding
alluring939072alluring
arraying1238752arraying
assaying1236002assaying
belaying143110602belaying
claying133614302_claying
dallying13368492dall_ying
delaying133210972delaying
flaying143914462_flaying
gallying13328932gall_ying
inlaying1247892inlaying
laying104525702__laying
parlaying1537302parlaying
playing133816092_playing
rallying12289012rall_ying
relaying122515152relaying
sallying12309852sall_ying
slaying113316842_slaying
splaying14219302splaying
tallaging1146482tallaging
tallying12318832tall_ying
unlaying1258362unlaying
waylaying1953102waylaying

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit121059303.59333693.0
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691303.74947663.6
 
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