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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 “rainy” 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.

160 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
rainy8592108(None) 
brainy114815641brainy
grainy103914211grainy
rain46251731rain_
rains55140231rains
ain37579092_ain_
ains46158882_ains
airy75734152_airy
any68440492_a_ny
awny105919302_awny
barny105821732barny
brain76229382brain_
brains85125472brains
branny115111832branny
brawny144710602brawny
briny104719662briny
cain65643912cain_
cains75334302cains
cairny11557822cairny
canny105817692canny
carny105822922carny
cranny114210272cranny
daily95922332daily
dainty105311472dainty
dairy97016302dairy
daisy95915312daisy
drain65222892drain_
drains73719402drains
fain75840562fain_
faint85837062faint
fairy115318282fairy
fanny114816042fanny
fawny144711712fawny
gaily95020972gaily
gain56042162gain_
gainly1049322gainly
gains65729512gains
grain65126252grain_
grains74223092grains
granny104311162granny
haint85436322haint
hairy115316832hairy
kain85334292kain_
kains96125642kains
lain46146282lain_
laity85318902laity
lawny115912012lawny
liny78141322_liny
main65345522main_
mainly11411492mainly
mains75635112mains
many95731862ma_ny
meiny104015412meiny
nanny84813812nanny
pain65647242pain_
pains75138282pains
paint75443692paint
painty114714752painty
piny911838352_piny
racily11715172racily
racing95030532racing
racy95825682ra_cy
raggy106116572raggy
raging85126432raging
rai37658222rai__
raia46638382rai_a
raias54631122raias
raid55243072rai_d
raids65827512raids
rail46147762rai_l
rails55937402rails
rained75024602rained
rainily10310432rainily
rais45252622rai_s
raise54828052raise
raisiny10319922raisiny
raita54623072raita
raking114728422raking
rally84725902rally
ramify14268752ramify
rammy124312492rammy
ran38266622ra_n_
rand55839572ra_nd
randy95022082randy
rang56939162ra_ng
rangy95320382rangy
rani46640112ra_ni
ranid66429332ranid
ranis55235832ranis
rank85135532ra_nk
rant45864682ra_nt
rapine85023082rapine
raping94829852raping
rapini84714682rapini
rarify123210062rarify
raring74332872raring
rarity93615492rarity
rasing74330832rasing
raspy106511702raspy
ratany93411872ratany
ratify122610042ratify
ratine65131822ratine
rating74938702rating
ratty84819592ratty
ravin85624652ravin_
ravine95522222ravine
raving105128852raving
ravins94622562ravins
rawin85521472rawin_
rawins95617622rawins
rawly115115832rawly
raxing144321022raxing
ray66361992ra__y
raying105027192raying
razing164524542razing
reify114814972reify
rein46040892rein_
reink95518092reink
reins56234562reins
resiny94617362resiny
rhino84614322rhino
riant55833152riant
rimy96621282r_imy
rin36663182r_in_
rind56535602r_ind
rindy95717392r_indy
ring56541152r_ing
rink87736992r_ink
rins46153192r_ins
roily86121112roily
rosiny94414532rosiny
ruin47430512ruin_
ruing67221052ruing
ruins55822032ruins
runny84613482runny
sain45551292sain_
sains55639972sains
saint55147072saint
satiny93817982satiny
shiny115122142shiny
spiny104921302spiny
tain45548072tain_
tains54936322tains
taint55542282taint
tawny114713652tawny
tiny76134632_tiny
train56529112train_
trains64725342trains
tranny94210862tranny
twiny116012812twiny
vain75233002vain_
vainly1258502vainly
veiny115414362veiny
viny106025952_viny
wain75840202wain_
wains86930872wains
wany106432362wa_ny
whiny144915572whiny
winy107034322_winy
zany167316992za_ny

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001601.76630464.3
3Display Results1601600.0463478.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911602.12584089.9
 
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