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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 “decoy” 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.

62 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
decoy11571631(None) 
decay114718481decay
deco76125971deco_
decor84717571decor
decos85522121decos
decoys123911281decoys
decry115514351decry
coy810557552__coy
deacon9510422deacon
deary95826842deary
decaf114919442decaf
decal85523232decal
decays124612912decays
deck115827752dec_k
decks124822192decks
decoct11313782decoct
decode104414742decode
decors94017772decors
decoyed14358332decoyed
decoyer13348682decoyer
decury1277962decury
deedy104315892deedy
defog1048522defog
defy114921262de_fy
deify124112762deify
deity94316772deity
delay94820632delay
delly96023872delly
demo77427552demo_
demob104913502demob
demon86520312demon
demos86022992demos
demy105422852de_my
deny86027122de_ny
deoxy1648882deoxy
deploy1237582deploy
depot85727922depot
deray95024182deray
derby114715342derby
derry94721372derry
descry1256182descry
desoxy1744622desoxy
detox13310952detox
devon95113682devon
dewy115419022de_wy
dexy156118552de_xy
dey77243372de__y
dicey114819332dicey
dicky154816242dicky
dicot85429092dicot
dicty115116292dicty
drecky16486332drecky
duchy144310872duchy
ducky154216112ducky
pecky165515092pecky
recon75624242recon
recopy1339042recopy
sepoy10314302sepoy
techy135612012techy
tepoy10312162tepoy
uncoy104111412uncoy
yechy16519082yechy

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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800621.56034487.2
3Display Results62620.0331878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691621.686105985.2
 
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