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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 “fay” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 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
fay9745486(None) 
ay511773891_ay
bay89661641bay
cay87155981cay
day76254111day
fa510148451fa_
fab87453131fab
fad77452411fad
fag76852361fag
fan67158851fan
far67762601far
fas68262931fas
fat68178081fat
fax138143311fax
fays108535361fays
fey95940881fey
flay106332801flay
fly97124951fly
foy96044261foy
fray105428901fray
fry96226501fry
gay76856491gay
hay97358771hay
jay136242671jay
kay106745541kay
lay68865351lay
may88757621may
nay66952771nay
ofay106416101ofay
pay88461181pay
ray66361991ray
say67264761say
way96757661way
yay96948711yay

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit5146340.15632987.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691340.248720528.2
 
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