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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 “sexy” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

127 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
sexy14641802(None) 
dexy156118551dexy
sex107043221sex_
sext117338091sext
aery77231682aery
bevy127115222bevy
bey86645422be_y
boxy166420732boxy
defy114921262defy
demy105422852demy
deny86027122deny
deoxy1648882deoxy
dewy115419022dewy
dex116936882dex_
dey77243372de_y
doxy156419952doxy
eely77725212eely
eery76129622eery
espy969372espy
ex98835642_ex_
fey95940882fe_y
foxy176517752foxy
gey75738302ge_y
hex137436172hex_
hexyl1844462hexyl
hey96741062he_y
kex146029582kex_
key105833332ke_y
levy106418502levy
lex107943822lex_
ley66246812le_y
next116631082next
nixy145714512nixy
oxy136320982_oxy
pixy166117762pixy
poxy166820892poxy
prexy174611572prexy
rely75428952rely
rex105740992rex_
sagy85327082sagy
sax107447642sax_
say67264762s_ay
scry96017762scry
sea36161292se_a
seal45654372seal
seam66645972seam
seamy105921272seamy
sear47353842sear
seas45755272seas
seat47575562seat
sec55945322se_c
secs65033892secs
sect67443622sect
sedgy104512782sedgy
see35772262se_e
seed55549482seed
seedy94821532seedy
seek85935482seek
seel45042982seel
seely84522632seely
seem65438562seem
seen46943122seen
seep66540342seep
seepy104717972seepy
seer45547042seer
sees45361052sees
seg45544882se_g
sego56525182sego
segs54933882segs
sei36048932se_i
seif75638732seif
seis45542392seis
sel38253322se_l
self75138292self
sell45840612sell
sels46345982sels
seme65836652seme
semi65127222semi
sen36058522se_n
send55237292send
sene46848052sene
sent46963012sent
sepoy10314302sepoy
sept65844362sept
ser36752402se_r
sera46141392sera
sere46153472sere
serf76340112serf
serry84824122serry
sers45746652sers
set36681252se_t
seta45637312seta
sets45549502sets
sett45949052sett
sew66247262se_w
sewn76124332sewn
sews75836022sews
sexed136618542sexed
sexes126126222sexes
sexily1638852sexily
sexto124415452sexto
sexts125118382sexts
shay107133342shay
shy96728192s_hy
six105339742six_
sixty154912732sixty
sizy164816392sizy
sky106420992s_ky
slay76436382slay
sly66228562s_ly
sox106444192sox_
soy67851452s_oy
spay96631662spay
spry96819122spry
spy86023742s_py
stay78333722stay
stewy116112062stewy
stey76224412stey
sty66227312s_ty
suety85318492suety
sway107128232sway
text116033932text
unsexy16296902unsexy
very108025642very
vex136429172vex_
vext146927762vext
waxy175918202waxy

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 Filter178691298720.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit298721270.87334217.6
3Display Results1271270.0333848.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911270.986181228.2
 
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