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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 “may” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
may8875763(None) 
ay511773891_ay
bay89661641bay
cay87155981cay
day76254111day
fay97454861fay
gay76856491gay
hay97358771hay
jay136242671jay
kay106745541kay
lay68865351lay
ma410060661ma_
mac78053931mac
mad68958711mad
mae57659111mae
mag67956481mag
man57465871man
many95731861many
map77255121map
mar57965951mar
mas58175821mas
mat58083941mat
maw87050101maw
max129045451max
maya95824591maya
mayo96524301mayo
mays96940031mays
mazy186419701mazy
my78125651m_y
nay66952771nay
pay88461181pay
ray66361991ray
say67264761say
way96757661way
yay96948711yay

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit5146350.07667710.5
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691350.1391285546.8
 
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