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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 “delaying” 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.

62 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
delaying13321097(None) 
belaying143110601belaying
decaying15239451decaying
delating103119601delating
relaying122515151relaying
allaying12339312allaying
beladying1634762beladying
bellying14359072bellying
belying133612442bel_ying
claying133614302_claying
dallying13368492dallying
dealing94323232de_aling
deaning94020472de_aning
deaving123814752de_aving
debasing12238062debasing
debating123213732debating
declaring1339572declaring
declawing1636212declawing
decoying15208762decoying
decrying15237412decrying
deejaying2142752deejaying
defacing15238682defacing
defaming15238462defaming
deflating142610712deflating
defraying1735852defraying
defying15328822de_fying
deglazing2135132deglazing
deifying1637632deifying
delaine8314792dela_ine
deleading1237772deleading
deleaving1436262deleaving
deleing93313952del_eing
deleting103314422deleting
deliming12310372deliming
deluding1137682deluding
deluging1137122deluging
delving123711572del_ving
denying123711292de_nying
deplaning1338052deplaning
deploying1636152deploying
derating103222282derating
dewaxing20215292dewaxing
dilating102714912dilating
dollying13407422dollying
draying123813842d_raying
elating83423082_elating
flaying143914462_flaying
gelating103015732gelating
inlaying1247892inlaying
jellying19306172jellying
laying104525702__laying
playing133816092_playing
relacing112516042relacing
relating92725442relating
relaxing162612632relaxing
relying112914612rel_ying
repaying142712392repaying
replaying15259602replaying
resaying122512452resaying
slaying113316842_slaying
splaying14219302splaying
unlaying1258362unlaying

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.580308087.9
2DLD Change Limit121059624.53026723.8
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691625.12634859.7
 
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