Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gay” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
gay	7	68	5649	(None)
ay	5	117	7389	1	_ay
bay	8	96	6164	1	bay
cay	8	71	5598	1	cay
day	7	62	5411	1	day
fay	9	74	5486	1	fay
gab	6	71	5599	1	gab
gaby	10	71	2319	1	gaby
gad	5	75	5665	1	gad
gae	4	64	5770	1	gae
gag	5	77	5363	1	gag
gal	4	60	5551	1	gal
gam	6	70	6006	1	gam
gamy	10	54	2753	1	gamy
gan	4	80	6013	1	gan
gap	6	70	5561	1	gap
gapy	10	63	2091	1	gapy
gar	4	72	5990	1	gar
gas	4	88	7025	1	gas
gat	4	68	8051	1	gat
gays	8	73	3802	1	gays
gey	7	57	3830	1	gey
goy	7	78	4455	1	goy
gray	8	53	2989	1	gray
guy	7	57	2894	1	guy
hay	9	73	5877	1	hay
jay	13	62	4267	1	jay
kay	10	67	4554	1	kay
lay	6	88	6535	1	lay
may	8	87	5763	1	may
nay	6	69	5277	1	nay
pay	8	84	6118	1	pay
ray	6	63	6199	1	ray
say	6	72	6476	1	say
way	9	67	5766	1	way
yay	9	69	4871	1	yay
aa	2	191	7995	2	_aa
aah	6	162	5296	2	aah
aal	3	90	5867	2	aal
aas	3	109	7539	2	aas
ab	4	106	7476	2	_ab
aby	8	102	3806	2	aby
ad	3	119	7503	2	_ad
ae	2	125	9029	2	_ae
ag	3	110	6746	2	_ag
aga	4	104	4723	2	aga
agar	5	87	2641	2	agar
agas	5	59	3884	2	agas
age	4	71	5433	2	age
agly	8	68	2180	2	agly
ago	4	88	4552	2	ago
ags	4	75	5166	2	ags
ah	5	138	6879	2	_ah
ai	2	112	8839	2	_ai
al	2	106	7404	2	_al
am	4	118	7556	2	_am
an	2	118	7908	2	_an
any	6	84	4049	2	any
ar	2	113	7938	2	_ar
as	2	110	8307	2	_as
at	2	123	9340	2	_at
aw	5	125	6340	2	_aw
away	10	80	2422	2	away
ax	9	110	5778	2	_ax
aye	6	71	5176	2	_aye
ays	6	70	5029	2	_ays
ba	4	99	6234	2	ba_
baa	5	106	5042	2	baa
baby	11	67	2368	2	baby
bad	6	77	6315	2	bad
bag	6	70	5922	2	bag
bah	8	77	5535	2	bah
bal	5	66	6272	2	bal
bam	7	85	6014	2	bam
ban	5	83	6684	2	ban
bap	7	64	5584	2	bap
bar	5	80	7055	2	bar
bas	5	86	8175	2	bas
bat	5	109	8895	2	bat
bays	9	71	4391	2	bays
bey	8	66	4542	2	bey
boy	8	77	5356	2	boy
bray	9	52	3290	2	bray
buy	8	64	3654	2	buy
by	7	75	2923	2	_by
cab	7	83	5540	2	cab
cad	6	74	5636	2	cad
cagy	10	63	2199	2	cagy
caky	13	62	2244	2	caky
cam	7	80	5898	2	cam
can	5	77	6014	2	can
cap	7	67	5898	2	cap
car	5	91	6556	2	car
cat	5	82	8234	2	cat
cavy	12	59	2000	2	cavy
caw	8	66	4793	2	caw
cays	9	54	3767	2	cays
chay	12	49	2487	2	chay
clay	9	59	2741	2	clay
coy	8	105	5755	2	coy
cry	8	97	2624	2	cry
dab	6	74	5556	2	dab
dad	5	84	5616	2	dad
dag	5	77	5301	2	dag
dah	7	81	4898	2	dah
dak	8	63	4069	2	dak
dal	4	75	5495	2	dal
dam	6	74	5704	2	dam
dan	4	68	5967	2	dan
dap	6	66	5245	2	dap
davy	11	60	1552	2	davy
daw	7	71	4836	2	daw
days	8	76	3713	2	days
dey	7	72	4337	2	dey
dray	8	54	2809	2	dray
dry	7	65	2603	2	dry
ear	3	68	6788	2	ear
easy	7	62	2449	2	easy
eat	3	69	8905	2	eat
eau	3	74	5094	2	eau
egad	6	42	1541	2	egad
egal	5	51	1943	2	egal
eggy	9	66	1185	2	eggy
fa	5	101	4845	2	fa_
fab	8	74	5313	2	fab
fad	7	74	5241	2	fad
fag	7	68	5236	2	fag
fan	6	71	5886	2	fan
far	6	77	6260	2	far
fas	6	82	6293	2	fas
fat	6	81	7808	2	fat
fax	13	81	4331	2	fax
fays	10	85	3536	2	fays
fey	9	59	4088	2	fey
flay	10	63	3280	2	flay
fly	9	71	2495	2	fly
foy	9	60	4426	2	foy
fray	10	54	2890	2	fray
fry	9	62	2650	2	fry
gabby	13	55	1295	2	gabby
gabs	7	67	4042	2	gabs
gadi	6	63	2972	2	gadi
gads	6	78	4338	2	gads
gaed	6	60	3151	2	gaed
gaen	5	73	2960	2	gaen
gaes	5	63	4803	2	gaes
gaff	11	48	2815	2	gaff
gaga	6	66	2555	2	gaga
gage	6	59	3610	2	gage
gags	6	64	4106	2	gags
gaily	9	50	2097	2	gaily
gain	5	60	4216	2	gain
gait	5	61	5019	2	gait
gala	5	56	3516	2	gala
gale	5	63	4732	2	gale
gall	5	63	3599	2	gall
gally	9	50	2617	2	gally
gals	5	79	4650	2	gals
gama	7	70	3552	2	gama
gamay	11	64	1911	2	gamay
gamb	9	63	3184	2	gamb
game	7	66	4432	2	game
gamey	11	53	2055	2	gamey
gammy	13	55	1489	2	gammy
gamp	9	88	3321	2	gamp
gams	7	66	4888	2	gams
gane	5	51	4530	2	gane
gang	6	60	3197	2	gang
gaol	5	69	2541	2	gaol
gape	7	51	3451	2	gape
gappy	13	62	1203	2	gappy
gaps	7	60	4297	2	gaps
garb	7	53	3267	2	garb
gars	5	57	5074	2	gars
gash	8	68	3302	2	gash
gasp	7	62	2733	2	gasp
gassy	9	55	1402	2	gassy
gast	5	60	5256	2	gast
gate	5	57	4657	2	gate
gats	5	67	5344	2	gats
gaud	6	70	2543	2	gaud
gaudy	10	66	1146	2	gaudy
gaum	7	57	2642	2	gaum
gaun	5	64	2771	2	gaun
gaur	5	67	2335	2	gaur
gauzy	18	48	921	2	gauzy
gave	8	46	3405	2	gave
gawk	12	67	1669	2	gawk
gawky	16	56	999	2	gawky
gawp	10	76	1863	2	gawp
gawsy	12	45	909	2	gawsy
gayal	9	3	1271	2	gayal
gayer	9	45	1919	2	gayer
gayly	12	45	1309	2	gayly
gaze	14	50	3241	2	gaze
gear	5	59	3497	2	gear
ged	5	70	4453	2	ged
gee	4	53	5920	2	gee
gel	4	56	4243	2	gel
gem	6	68	4022	2	gem
gen	4	59	5051	2	gen
get	4	74	6746	2	get
ghat	8	64	3528	2	ghat
ghi	7	70	1988	2	ghi
gib	6	64	4353	2	gib
gid	5	70	4726	2	gid
gie	4	71	4954	2	gie
gig	5	60	4075	2	gig
gin	4	60	5575	2	gin
gip	6	76	4536	2	gip
git	4	62	6605	2	git
glad	6	56	2401	2	glad
glady	10	54	1394	2	glady
glam	7	65	2934	2	glam
glary	9	60	1854	2	glary
glazy	18	74	1098	2	glazy
gley	8	57	2465	2	gley
gnar	5	60	2138	2	gnar
gnat	5	60	3443	2	gnat
gnaw	8	65	1574	2	gnaw
gnu	4	55	2204	2	gnu
go	3	87	4874	2	g_o
goa	4	73	4380	2	goa
goad	6	68	3098	2	goad
goal	5	58	2930	2	goal
goas	5	52	3994	2	goas
goat	5	62	5083	2	goat
gob	6	89	5089	2	gob
goby	10	60	2108	2	goby
god	5	74	4979	2	god
goo	4	77	5477	2	goo
gor	4	78	4826	2	gor
gory	8	61	2966	2	gory
gos	4	71	5513	2	gos
got	4	98	7044	2	got
gox	11	71	3718	2	gox
goys	8	63	2841	2	goys
grab	7	54	2761	2	grab
grad	6	68	2986	2	grad
gram	7	70	3458	2	gram
gran	5	63	3501	2	gran
grapy	11	54	1643	2	grapy
grat	5	56	5128	2	grat
gravy	12	55	1211	2	gravy
grays	9	56	2133	2	grays
grey	8	56	2404	2	grey
guan	5	53	2558	2	guan
guar	5	69	2329	2	guar
gul	4	58	3279	2	gul
gum	6	74	3953	2	gum
gun	4	72	4080	2	gun
gut	4	67	5385	2	gut
guv	7	45	2317	2	guv
guys	8	50	1964	2	guys
gym	9	57	1906	2	gym
gyp	9	83	1901	2	gyp
ha	5	102	5994	2	ha_
had	7	76	5876	2	had
hae	6	73	6400	2	hae
hag	7	72	5574	2	hag
hah	9	106	5522	2	hah
haj	13	81	4060	2	haj
ham	8	63	6328	2	ham
hao	6	72	5112	2	hao
hap	8	73	6005	2	hap
has	6	73	7265	2	has
hat	6	72	8996	2	hat
haw	9	71	5327	2	haw
hays	10	61	3807	2	hays
hazy	19	181	1919	2	hazy
hey	9	67	4106	2	hey
hoy	9	74	4791	2	hoy
icy	8	63	2212	2	icy
ivy	9	63	1744	2	ivy
jab	12	84	4411	2	jab
jag	11	65	4271	2	jag
jam	12	69	4252	2	jam
jar	10	76	4615	2	jar
jaw	13	62	3768	2	jaw
jays	14	63	2834	2	jays
joy	13	70	3636	2	joy
ka	6	91	4508	2	ka_
kab	9	71	4585	2	kab
kae	7	67	4454	2	kae
kaf	10	68	4551	2	kaf
kas	7	70	5858	2	kas
kat	7	74	6829	2	kat
kayo	11	64	1755	2	kayo
kays	11	60	3219	2	kays
key	10	58	3333	2	key
la	2	192	6163	2	la_
lab	5	88	6478	2	lab
lac	5	101	5582	2	lac
lacy	9	58	2963	2	lacy
lad	4	81	6570	2	lad
lady	8	65	2715	2	lady
lag	4	78	6212	2	lag
laky	11	67	2582	2	laky
lam	5	76	6671	2	lam
lap	5	85	6527	2	lap
lar	3	79	6753	2	lar
las	3	72	8147	2	las
lat	3	75	9340	2	lat
lav	6	68	4734	2	lav
law	6	86	5664	2	law
lax	10	76	5152	2	lax
lays	7	60	4325	2	lays
lazy	16	64	2307	2	lazy
ley	6	62	4681	2	ley
ma	4	100	6066	2	ma_
mac	7	80	5393	2	mac
mad	6	89	5871	2	mad
mae	5	76	5911	2	mae
mag	6	79	5648	2	mag
man	5	74	6587	2	man
many	9	57	3186	2	many
map	7	72	5512	2	map
mar	5	79	6595	2	mar
mas	5	81	7582	2	mas
mat	5	80	8394	2	mat
maw	8	70	5010	2	maw
max	12	90	4545	2	max
maya	9	58	2459	2	maya
mayo	9	65	2430	2	mayo
mays	9	69	4003	2	mays
mazy	18	64	1970	2	mazy
my	7	81	2565	2	_my
na	2	86	5248	2	na_
nab	5	69	5492	2	nab
nae	3	59	5274	2	nae
nag	4	64	5081	2	nag
nah	6	98	4700	2	nah
nam	5	59	5339	2	nam
nan	3	78	5488	2	nan
nap	5	67	5320	2	nap
nary	7	69	3122	2	nary
navy	10	75	1863	2	navy
naw	6	63	4649	2	naw
nays	7	59	3159	2	nays
oaf	6	59	5288	2	oaf
oak	7	62	3865	2	oak
oaky	11	64	1995	2	oaky
oar	3	70	5795	2	oar
oat	3	98	8826	2	oat
ofay	10	64	1610	2	ofay
ogam	7	51	2003	2	ogam
okay	11	59	1766	2	okay
oxy	13	63	2098	2	oxy
oy	5	89	5013	2	_oy
pa	4	104	5648	2	pa_
pac	7	90	5408	2	pac
pacy	11	53	2868	2	pacy
pad	6	80	5732	2	pad
pah	8	88	5359	2	pah
pal	5	67	6167	2	pal
paly	9	58	3553	2	paly
pam	7	78	5839	2	pam
pan	5	84	6645	2	pan
pap	7	67	5840	2	pap
par	5	74	6702	2	par
pas	5	87	7574	2	pas
pat	5	80	8946	2	pat
paty	9	52	3456	2	paty
paw	8	76	5117	2	paw
pax	12	73	4685	2	pax
pays	9	59	4022	2	pays
play	9	59	2898	2	play
ply	8	63	2355	2	ply
pray	9	63	3153	2	pray
pry	8	57	2805	2	pry
pya	8	70	2375	2	pya
qat	12	52	5333	2	qat
quay	16	46	1835	2	quay
racy	9	58	2568	2	racy
rad	4	76	6200	2	rad
rag	4	57	6132	2	rag
rah	6	80	5240	2	rah
rai	3	76	5822	2	rai
raj	10	57	4022	2	raj
ram	5	68	6727	2	ram
ran	3	82	6662	2	ran
rap	5	62	6196	2	rap
ras	3	75	7539	2	ras
rat	3	78	9274	2	rat
raw	6	72	5225	2	raw
rax	10	84	4572	2	rax
raya	7	52	2482	2	raya
rays	7	76	4235	2	rays
rya	6	76	2201	2	rya
sab	5	65	6320	2	sab
sac	5	74	5286	2	sac
sad	4	74	5920	2	sad
sae	3	83	6518	2	sae
sag	4	61	6340	2	sag
sagy	8	53	2708	2	sagy
sal	3	64	6288	2	sal
sap	5	64	6323	2	sap
sat	3	62	8848	2	sat
sau	3	63	5657	2	sau
saw	6	82	5535	2	saw
sax	10	74	4764	2	sax
says	7	59	4210	2	says
shay	10	71	3334	2	shay
shy	9	67	2819	2	shy
sky	10	64	2099	2	sky
slay	7	64	3638	2	slay
sly	6	62	2856	2	sly
soy	6	78	5145	2	soy
spay	9	66	3166	2	spay
spy	8	60	2374	2	spy
stay	7	83	3372	2	stay
sty	6	62	2731	2	sty
sway	10	71	2823	2	sway
ta	2	116	6245	2	ta_
tab	5	74	6032	2	tab
tad	4	79	5982	2	tad
tae	3	82	6705	2	tae
tag	4	72	5949	2	tag
taj	10	64	4219	2	taj
tam	5	86	6342	2	tam
tan	3	71	6757	2	tan
tao	3	83	5895	2	tao
tap	5	76	6387	2	tap
tar	3	75	7069	2	tar
tas	3	84	7710	2	tas
tat	3	76	9029	2	tat
tau	3	68	5690	2	tau
tav	6	60	4321	2	tav
taw	6	101	5545	2	taw
tax	10	94	4915	2	tax
thy	9	70	2291	2	thy
toy	6	96	5519	2	toy
tray	7	76	3259	2	tray
try	6	65	2967	2	try
ugly	8	60	1238	2	ugly
vac	8	65	3714	2	vac
van	6	62	4633	2	van
var	6	61	4833	2	var
vary	10	52	2606	2	vary
vas	6	77	5577	2	vas
vat	6	78	6345	2	vat
vau	6	68	4087	2	vau
vav	9	58	2943	2	vav
vaw	9	59	3746	2	vaw
wab	8	70	5183	2	wab
wad	7	70	5389	2	wad
wady	11	53	2499	2	wady
wae	6	75	5695	2	wae
wag	7	64	5175	2	wag
waly	10	58	3090	2	waly
wan	6	67	6194	2	wan
wany	10	64	3236	2	wany
wap	8	65	5337	2	wap
war	6	72	6242	2	war
wary	10	67	4001	2	wary
was	6	87	6756	2	was
wat	6	73	7892	2	wat
wavy	13	66	2047	2	wavy
waw	9	70	4638	2	waw
wax	13	70	4118	2	wax
waxy	17	59	1820	2	waxy
ways	10	77	3795	2	ways
why	12	69	2001	2	why
wry	9	65	2470	2	wry
ya	5	102	5150	2	ya_
yag	7	69	4773	2	yag
yah	9	90	4635	2	yah
yak	10	70	3856	2	yak
yam	8	74	4899	2	yam
yap	8	59	4982	2	yap
yar	6	72	5383	2	yar
yaw	9	71	4515	2	yaw
yays	10	57	2891	2	yays
za	11	149	3920	2	za_
zag	13	75	3947	2	zag
zany	16	73	1699	2	zany
zap	14	58	4069	2	zap
zas	12	69	4683	2	zas
zax	19	76	3063	2	zax

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	14084	0.283	631417.0
2	DLD Change Limit	14084	479	1.966	7163.8
3	Display Results	479	479	0.206	2325.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	479	2.455	72786.6