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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 “essay” 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.

29 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
essay86762(None) 
assay8710281assay
essays965651essays
assai5711542assai
assays977902assays
easy76224492eas_y
embay123410592embay
ensky1235092ensky
escar74011992escar
eskar9457452eskar
espy969372e_spy
ess36030882ess__
essayed1134012essayed
essayer1033942essayer
esses56422972esses
estray95713332estray
messan83912062messan
messy104913832mess_y
missay114112142missay
ossa43714162ossa_
pessary1246872pessary
resay85320542resay
say67264762__say
shay107133342_shay
slay76436382_slay
spay96631662_spay
stay78333722_stay
sway107128232_sway
unsay83212842unsay

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit53800291.82629463.3
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691291.93892203.8
 
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