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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 “pays” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 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
pays9594022(None) 
ays67050291_ays
bays97143911bays
cays95437671cays
days87637131days
fays108535361fays
gays87338021gays
hays106138071hays
jays146328341jays
kays116032191kays
lays76043251lays
mays96940031mays
nays75931591nays
pacs85842181pacs
pads76742951pads
pals66951351pals
pams85641761pams
pans65855731pans
paps86443451paps
pars67560791pars
pas58775741pa_s
pass65239951pass
pats66460851pats
paws96038181paws
pay88461181pay_
plays106320771plays
prays105022431prays
pyas96225701pyas
rays77642351rays
says75942101says
spays105520511spays
ways107737951ways
yays105728911yays

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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983330.23360012.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691330.312572727.6
 
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