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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 “rayah” 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.

42 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
rayah11601350(None) 
ayah108022991_ayah
rajah155711421rajah
raya75224821raya_
rayahs12579191rayahs
rayas85922051rayas
aah616252962_a_ah
amah98927492_amah
ayahs116813522_ayahs
galah95917632galah
gayal9312712gayal
kayak1138362kayak
maya95824592maya_
mayan105616902mayan
mayas105924382mayas
rabat72832222rabat
radar61316722radar
raga55930812raga_
ragas65326062ragas
rah68052402r__ah
raia46638382raia_
raias54631122raias
raja117918682raja_
rajahs16497662rajahs
rajas127317722rajas
ralph1078742ralph
ramal74622242ramal
ranch105019792ranch
rash76039932ra_sh
ratal55025112ratal
ratan53722662ratan
ratch104221362ratch
rath76037662ra_th
ray66361992ray__
rayed95127502rayed
rayon83815702rayon
rays77642352ray_s
riyal84413432riyal
royal85014702royal
rya67622012r_ya_
ryas77224612r_yas
yah99046352__yah

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800421.65632487.9
3Display Results42420.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691421.95291542.5
 
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