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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 “repay” 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.

94 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
repay10481845(None) 
prepay13310311prepay
relay84424671relay
repays113813971repays
replay113412921replay
reply104015851reply
resay85320541resay
arepa75615562arepa_
arepas85515702arepas
belay105021522belay
copay126516312copay
crepey135110932crepey
crepy124812702crep_y
decay114718482decay
delay94820632delay
deray95024182deray
heapy135914982heapy
pay88461182__pay
peppy114310362peppy
prepays1437482prepays
preppy1235522preppy
ray66361992r__ay
read55942532re_ad
ready94821502ready
real45750292re_al
ream65841612re_am
reap65934742re_ap
reaps75626192reaps
rear45644552re_ar
rebar75420192rebar
rebuy104714682rebuy
recap95718022recap
redan66125012redan
redbay1238332redbay
redly94217202redly
redry94314362redry
reedy910020292reedy
reefy114217702reefy
reeky125416262reeky
refly113914562refly
refry114412462refry
regal65023792regal
rehab10312442rehab
reify114814972reify
rekey124014732rekey
relax124817802relax
relays94316752relays
rely75428952re_ly
reman75730152reman
remap95418102remap
renal55929502renal
rep55847802rep__
repack142412162repack
repaid94716322repaid
repair84011462repair
repand95316062repand
repark123511712repark
repass84114702repass
repast83520632repast
repave114813872repave
repeal84718282repeal
repeat85127212repeat
repeg84015052repeg
repel74921402repel
repin75324702repin
replan83215822replan
replays12399762replays
repo66027542rep_o
repos74725792repos
repot75132622repot
repp85418742rep_p
repps95114342repps
repro75315912repro
reps65937952rep_s
reran57329102reran
resat55139682resat
resaw84117252resaw
resays93714152resays
respray1236502respray
retag63618412retag
retax124517972retax
retry84718082retry
rewan85623662rewan
rewax155713922rewax
ropey106021872ropey
ropy96323412rop_y
sepal77723002sepal
sepoy10314302sepoy
spay96631662_spay
tepa66021682tepa_
tepal76319582tepal
tepas76521682tepas
tepoy10312162tepoy
trepan82511672trepan

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800941.87328724.0
3Display Results94940.0303133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691942.23380022.8
 
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