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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 “ofays” 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.

75 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
ofays1148892(None) 
fays108535361_fays
ofay106416101ofay_
okays12609441okays
afars85716512afars
ays67050292__ays
bays97143912_bays
brays106723112brays
cays95437672_cays
chays135319742chays
clays105521332clays
copays134911272copays
days87637132_days
drays95819772drays
fabs98635862_fabs
fads86939872_fads
fags86939122_fags
fans76247372_fans
fas68262932_fa_s
fats76252502_fats
fay97454862_fay_
flays116321052flays
foals85721692foals
foams105017952foams
forays124813002forays
foys105628292_foys
frays116920102frays
gays87338022_gays
grays95621332grays
hays106138072_hays
jays146328342_jays
kays116032192_kays
lays76043252_lays
mays96940032_mays
morays114613882morays
nays75931592_nays
noways12127732noways
oafs76425262o_afs
oaks86527902o_aks
oars46846032o_ars
oats46554212o_ats
obas65730932oba_s
obeys107010642obeys
ocas66729632oca_s
odahs95610082odahs
odas57230262oda_s
offals1235892offals
offs107117012of_fs
ogams84112682ogams
okas85225392oka_s
okay115917662okay_
onlays9398712onlays
opahs105411982opahs
opals75718352opals
orals55826482orals
orfrays1343532orfrays
ovals85413392ovals
pays95940222_pays
plays106320772plays
prays105022432prays
quays174612042quays
rays77642352_rays
says75942102_says
shays116021432shays
slays85723682slays
sofars94712782sofars
sofas85320712sofa_s
spays105520512spays
stays86022022stays
sways115518462sways
todays10458102todays
tokays13397772tokays
trays85623432trays
ways107737952_ways
yays105728912_yays

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800751.62333148.5
3Display Results75750.0332272.7
 (SQL Overall)178691751.95291542.5
 
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