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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 “ay” with Change Limit: [1]

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

40 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
ay51177389(None) 
aa219179951aa
ab410674761ab
aby810238061aby
ad311975031ad
ae212590291ae
ag311067461ag
ah513868791ah
ai211288391ai
al210674041al
am411875561am
an211879071an
any68440481any
ar211379381ar
as211083071as
at212393401at
aw512563401aw
ax911057781ax
aye67151761aye
ays67050291ays
bay89661641bay
by77529231by
cay87155981cay
day76254111day
fay97454861fay
gay76856491gay
hay97358771hay
jay136242671jay
kay106745541kay
lay68865351lay
may88757621may
my78125651my
nay66952771nay
oy58950131oy
pay88461181pay
ray66361991ray
say67264761say
way96757661way
ya510251501ya
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 Filter17869111160.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit1116400.01669750.0
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691400.0782290910.3
 
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