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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 “lacey” 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.

150 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
lacey10582091(None) 
lace66848471lace_
laced87132641laced
lacer75833751lacer
laces76141761laces
lackey154813351lackey
lacy95829631lac_y
pacey126720281pacey
ace59656832_ace_
aced79540882_aced
aces67645092_aces
achy126316092_achy
alley85721672alley
cagey115917822cagey
cakey145517272cakey
clayey14407662clayey
dace76934922dace_
daces85030682daces
dicey114819332dicey
face96140122face_
faced117727652faced
facer105525052facer
faces106439432faces
facet106038522facet
fakey155515422fakey
flakey164410512flakey
gamey115320552gamey
glace87420152glace_
glaces94218022glaces
hacek145411842hacek
hayey144812532hayey
jacky215412342jacky
label75019382label
lac510155822lac__
lacers85225252lacers
laches116528342laches
lacier84020092lacier
lacily11612762lacily
lack105837682lac_k
lacked135324652lacked
lacker125325622lacker
lackeys16458262lackeys
lacks116129202lacks
lacquey21143802lacquey
lacs66942482lac_s
lade56345982lade_
laded74232612laded
laden65022192laden
lader65633722lader
lades65141272lades
lady86527152la_dy
lager65132862lager
laity85318902laity
lake85741602lake_
laked105731122laked
laker95432872laker
lakes95737652lakes
laky116725822la_ky
lamby125114842lamby
lame66849292lame_
lamed85235292lamed
lamely114013222lamely
lamer75233702lamer
lames75445542lames
lance75126722lance_
lanced93717722lanced
lancer84319972lancer
lances84824102lances
lancet84223572lancet
lane45153332lane_
lanely93914482lanely
lanes54946792lanes
lanky125517482lanky
lapel73716682lapel
larceny1234852larceny
lardy96119272lardy
laree56036292laree
lares54852632lares
larky125218872larky
lase46148512lase_
lased65132342lased
laser54633322laser
lases54944762lases
late47560482late_
lated65240672lated
lately93413842lately
laten54328342laten
later54843922later
latex124717112latex
lathy115215062lathy
lave75642142lave_
laved95028592laved
laver85031792laver
laves86039152laves
lawed96028322lawed
lawny115912012lawny
laxer125420332laxer
laxes125430092laxes
laxly15610102laxly
lay68865352la__y
layed95127382layed
layer84626472layer
laze136235052laze_
lazed154925842lazed
lazes145129572lazes
lazy166423072la_zy
leachy14419732leachy
ley66246812l__ey
lice66045062lice_
limey104721042limey
liney87029632liney
looey84822912looey
luce65132572luce_
luces75528432luces
lucky145515012lucky
lycea10418942lycea
lycee104716742lycee
mace87345792mace_
maced108528692maced
macer912126942macer
maces97139962maces
mamey125418832mamey
matey107022662matey
pace86345772pace_
paced106931682paced
pacer96131612pacer
paces96741112paces
pacy115328682pac_y
place94824612place_
placed114318002placed
placer105117742placer
places104323702places
placet103923672placet
race66746262race_
raced87635312raced
racer75233022racer
races74943242races
racy95825682rac_y
slatey95417062slatey
slavey124011802slavey
spacey136212532spacey
tace65342512tace_
taces76237802taces
tacet75840022tacet
tackey154613082tackey
tacky145617442tacky
wacky174714932wacky
waney115120322waney
wavey145115542wavey
yawey14458272yawey

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 Limit538001501.64032804.9
3Display Results1501500.0334545.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911501.766101184.0
 
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