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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 “hay” 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.

35 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
hay9735877(None) 
ay511773891_ay
bay89661641bay
cay87155981cay
chay124924871chay
day76254111day
fay97454861fay
gay76856491gay
ha510259941ha_
had77658761had
hae67364001hae
hag77255741hag
hah910655221hah
haj138140601haj
ham86363281ham
hao67251121hao
hap87360051hap
has67372651has
hat67289961hat
haw97153271haw
hays106138071hays
hazy1918119191hazy
hey96741061hey
hoy97447911hoy
jay136242671jay
kay106745541kay
lay68865351lay
may88757621may
nay66952771nay
pay88461181pay
ray66361991ray
say67264761say
shay107133341shay
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 Filter17869151460.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit5146350.08064325.0
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691350.1391285546.8
 
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