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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 “gayness” 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.

38 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
gayness113684(None) 
grayness1235931grayness
awayness1443302awayness
badness1039572badness
coyness1277322coyness
dryness11114782dryness
farness102912202farness
fatness103311292fatness
feyness1334922feyness
gainers84214592gainers
gainless9117402gainless
gameness112810692gameness
gaminess112911062gaminess
ganefs10489202ga_nefs
ganevs10456912ga_nevs
gannets83811442gannets
gapless10349992gapless
garners83815982garners
garnets84115402garnets
gasless8319012gasless
gastness9278472gastness
gayest104314332gay_est
gaynesses1336562gaynesses
gladness1036152gladness
greyness1235242greyness
harness102413932harness
laxness1436042laxness
madness10310072madness
patness92912282patness
rawness1038152rawness
rayless10239002rayless
sadness8310612sadness
shyness1344992shyness
slyness1035262slyness
waeness102512782waeness
wanness102610682wanness
wayless13308242wayless
wryness13113982wryness

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671383.25033129.5
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691383.63949104.4
 
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