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

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
lay	6	88	6535	(None)
ay	5	117	7389	1	_ay
bay	8	96	6164	1	bay
cay	8	71	5598	1	cay
clay	9	59	2741	1	clay
day	7	62	5411	1	day
fay	9	74	5486	1	fay
flay	10	63	3280	1	flay
gay	7	68	5649	1	gay
hay	9	73	5877	1	hay
jay	13	62	4267	1	jay
kay	10	67	4554	1	kay
la	2	192	6163	1	la_
lab	5	88	6478	1	lab
lac	5	101	5582	1	lac
lacy	9	58	2963	1	lacy
lad	4	81	6570	1	lad
lady	8	65	2715	1	lady
lag	4	78	6212	1	lag
laky	11	67	2582	1	laky
lam	5	76	6671	1	lam
lap	5	85	6527	1	lap
lar	3	79	6753	1	lar
las	3	72	8147	1	las
lat	3	75	9340	1	lat
lav	6	68	4734	1	lav
law	6	86	5664	1	law
lax	10	76	5152	1	lax
lays	7	60	4325	1	lays
lazy	16	64	2307	1	lazy
ley	6	62	4681	1	ley
may	8	87	5763	1	may
nay	6	69	5277	1	nay
pay	8	84	6118	1	pay
play	9	59	2898	1	play
ray	6	63	6199	1	ray
say	6	72	6476	1	say
slay	7	64	3638	1	slay
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
ah	5	138	6879	2	_ah
ai	2	112	8839	2	_ai
al	2	106	7404	2	_al
ala	3	124	6360	2	ala
alae	4	56	4375	2	alae
alan	4	68	4408	2	alan
alar	4	63	4007	2	alar
alary	8	61	2344	2	alary
alas	4	63	5812	2	alas
alb	5	73	4265	2	alb
ale	3	65	7234	2	ale
alky	11	59	2034	2	alky
all	3	61	4823	2	all
allay	8	56	2039	2	allay
ally	7	69	3564	2	ally
alp	5	66	4113	2	alp
als	3	66	6302	2	als
alt	3	64	6796	2	alt
alway	11	61	1392	2	alway
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
belay	10	50	2152	2	belay
bey	8	66	4542	2	bey
blab	8	66	2913	2	blab
blae	6	61	3464	2	blae
blah	9	86	2506	2	blah
blam	8	61	3170	2	blam
blat	6	65	5095	2	blat
blaw	9	70	2672	2	blaw
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
clad	7	62	2582	2	clad
clag	7	59	2457	2	clag
clam	8	63	3229	2	clam
clan	6	56	3392	2	clan
clap	8	64	2904	2	clap
clary	10	57	1961	2	clary
claw	9	56	2434	2	claw
clays	10	55	2133	2	clays
cloy	9	66	2383	2	cloy
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
delay	9	48	2063	2	delay
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
elan	4	67	3424	2	elan
elmy	9	56	1679	2	elmy
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
flab	9	66	2835	2	flab
flag	8	74	2708	2	flag
flak	11	60	2617	2	flak
flaky	15	57	1558	2	flaky
flam	9	63	3329	2	flam
flamy	13	52	1747	2	flamy
flan	7	61	3418	2	flan
flap	9	61	2870	2	flap
flat	7	71	4782	2	flat
flaw	10	63	2664	2	flaw
flawy	14	59	1338	2	flawy
flax	14	73	2563	2	flax
flaxy	18	90	1229	2	flaxy
flays	11	63	2105	2	flays
fley	10	66	2685	2	fley
fly	9	71	2495	2	fly
foy	9	60	4426	2	foy
fray	10	54	2890	2	fray
fry	9	62	2650	2	fry
gab	6	71	5599	2	gab
gaby	10	71	2319	2	gaby
gad	5	75	5665	2	gad
gae	4	64	5770	2	gae
gag	5	77	5363	2	gag
gal	4	60	5551	2	gal
gam	6	70	6006	2	gam
gamy	10	54	2753	2	gamy
gan	4	80	6013	2	gan
gap	6	70	5561	2	gap
gapy	10	63	2091	2	gapy
gar	4	72	5990	2	gar
gas	4	88	7025	2	gas
gat	4	68	8051	2	gat
gays	8	73	3802	2	gays
gey	7	57	3830	2	gey
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
goy	7	78	4455	2	goy
gray	8	53	2989	2	gray
guy	7	57	2894	2	guy
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
illy	7	69	2533	2	illy
inlay	8	52	1432	2	inlay
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
labs	6	71	4512	2	labs
lace	6	68	4847	2	lace
lacey	10	58	2091	2	lacey
lack	10	58	3768	2	lack
lacs	6	69	4248	2	lacs
lade	5	63	4598	2	lade
lads	5	65	4913	2	lads
lags	5	65	4622	2	lags
laic	6	59	3156	2	laic
laid	5	64	3914	2	laid
lain	4	61	4628	2	lain
lair	4	59	3415	2	lair
laity	8	53	1890	2	laity
lake	8	57	4160	2	lake
lakh	11	49	1995	2	lakh
lall	4	55	3131	2	lall
lama	6	66	3529	2	lama
lamb	8	68	3214	2	lamb
lamby	12	51	1484	2	lamby
lame	6	68	4929	2	lame
lamp	8	62	3382	2	lamp
lams	6	65	5226	2	lams
land	5	63	3731	2	land
lane	4	51	5333	2	lane
lang	5	66	3738	2	lang
lank	8	47	3445	2	lank
lanky	12	55	1748	2	lanky
laps	6	68	4887	2	laps
lard	5	67	4200	2	lard
lardy	9	61	1927	2	lardy
lari	4	58	3915	2	lari
lark	8	57	3386	2	lark
larky	12	52	1887	2	larky
lars	4	69	5657	2	lars
lase	4	61	4851	2	lase
lash	7	65	3965	2	lash
lass	4	74	4454	2	lass
last	4	62	6032	2	last
late	4	75	6048	2	late
lath	7	66	4038	2	lath
lathy	11	52	1506	2	lathy
lati	4	64	3827	2	lati
lats	4	59	6270	2	lats
latu	4	79	3418	2	latu
laud	5	65	2772	2	laud
lava	7	67	2542	2	lava
lave	7	56	4214	2	lave
lavs	7	67	3415	2	lavs
lawn	7	59	2563	2	lawn
lawny	11	59	1201	2	lawny
laws	7	64	4168	2	laws
laxly	15	6	1010	2	laxly
layed	9	51	2738	2	layed
layer	8	46	2647	2	layer
layin	8	47	2033	2	layin
layup	10	3	772	2	layup
laze	13	62	3505	2	laze
lea	3	76	6018	2	lea
lead	5	60	3885	2	lead
leady	9	56	1860	2	leady
leaf	7	64	4103	2	leaf
leafy	11	63	1621	2	leafy
leak	8	62	3371	2	leak
leaky	12	52	1772	2	leaky
leal	4	60	4327	2	leal
lean	4	63	4524	2	lean
leap	6	60	3268	2	leap
lear	4	70	4595	2	lear
leary	8	59	2738	2	leary
leas	4	59	5418	2	leas
leavy	11	57	1577	2	leavy
led	4	62	5455	2	led
lee	3	60	6814	2	lee
leg	4	64	4611	2	leg
lei	3	68	4638	2	lei
lek	7	56	4030	2	lek
les	3	56	6307	2	les
let	3	64	8147	2	let
leu	3	60	4740	2	leu
lev	6	61	3942	2	lev
levy	10	64	1850	2	levy
lex	10	79	4382	2	lex
leys	7	64	3018	2	leys
lez	12	55	4131	2	lez
li	2	99	4875	2	l_i
liar	4	72	2968	2	liar
lib	5	77	5027	2	lib
lid	4	74	5351	2	lid
lie	3	82	6452	2	lie
lily	7	67	3018	2	lily
limy	9	57	2771	2	limy
lin	3	79	6737	2	lin
liny	7	81	4132	2	liny
lip	5	147	5580	2	lip
lis	3	71	6227	2	lis
lit	3	93	7731	2	lit
lo	2	80	5344	2	l_o
load	5	67	3060	2	load
loaf	7	67	3490	2	loaf
loam	6	56	3048	2	loam
loamy	10	59	1334	2	loamy
loan	4	74	3645	2	loan
lob	5	71	5446	2	lob
log	4	62	5268	2	log
logy	8	70	2578	2	logy
loo	3	83	5982	2	loo
lop	5	82	5531	2	lop
lory	7	59	3171	2	lory
lot	3	81	7926	2	lot
low	6	60	5187	2	low
lox	10	82	4096	2	lox
luau	4	48	2416	2	luau
lug	4	61	3806	2	lug
lum	5	55	4293	2	lum
luny	7	73	2413	2	luny
luv	6	71	2577	2	luv
lux	10	65	2877	2	lux
lye	6	65	3341	2	lye
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
okay	11	59	1766	2	okay
oldy	8	53	1684	2	oldy
onlay	8	42	1294	2	onlay
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
plan	6	58	3394	2	plan
plat	6	60	4887	2	plat
platy	10	50	2166	2	platy
playa	10	58	1294	2	playa
plays	10	63	2077	2	plays
ploy	9	61	2360	2	ploy
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
relay	8	44	2467	2	relay
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
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slam	6	77	3797	2	slam
slap	6	64	3404	2	slap
slat	4	69	5902	2	slat
slaty	8	65	2315	2	slaty
slaw	7	79	3071	2	slaw
slays	8	57	2368	2	slays
sly	6	62	2856	2	sly
soy	6	78	5145	2	soy
spay	9	66	3166	2	spay
splay	10	58	1604	2	splay
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
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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
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tray	7	76	3259	2	tray
try	6	65	2967	2	try
ulan	4	65	2739	2	ulan
unlay	8	46	1370	2	unlay
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 1 second 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	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	14084	546	0.360	39122.2
3	Display Results	546	546	0.110	4963.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	546	0.533	335255.2