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

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86 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
decay11471848(None) 
decaf114919441decaf
decal85523231decal
decays124612911decays
decoy115716311decoy
decry115514351decry
delay94820631delay
deray95024181deray
becap114315052becap
belay105021522belay
cay87155982__cay
ceca84820782ceca_
cecal94619112cecal
day76254112d__ay
dead65434242de_ad
deaf85838402de_af
deal56347412de_al
dean56039482de_an
dear55343602de_ar
deary95826842deary
debag94212302debag
debar85517862debar
decade104216162decade
decafs124010882decafs
decals93717712decals
decamp1338452decamp
decane93818872decane
decant93524222decant
decare93919152decare
decayed14309332decayed
decayer13339352decayer
deck115827752dec_k
decks124822192decks
declaw1266702declaw
deco76125972dec_o
decor84717572decor
decos85522122decos
decoys123911282decoys
decury1277962decury
dedal75719022dedal
deedy104315892deedy
deejay1734522deejay
defat95426692defat
defray1337642defray
defy114921262de_fy
degas75119162degas
deify124112762deify
deity94316772deity
delays104014052delays
delly96023872delly
demy105422852de_my
denar65223292denar
denary105316862denary
deny86027122de_ny
deoxy1648882deoxy
derat65044082derat
derays105514252derays
derby114715342derby
derry94721372derry
descry1256182descry
deva85720982deva_
devas96218882devas
dewan95718042dewan
dewar95817732dewar
dewax165510852dewax
dewy115419022de_wy
dexy156118552de_xy
dey77243372de__y
dicey114819332dicey
dicky154816242dicky
dicty115116292dicty
dray85428092d_ray
drecky16486332drecky
ducal84816422ducal
ducat86225902ducat
duchy144310872duchy
ducky154216112ducky
fecal105119212fecal
pecan91919032pecan
pecky165515092pecky
recap95718022recap
relay84424672relay
repay104818452repay
resay85320542resay
techy135612012techy
yechy16519082yechy

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 Filter178691538000.186960704.3
2DLD Change Limit53800863.58015027.9
3Display Results86860.0461869.6
 (SQL Overall)178691863.81246875.9
 
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