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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsaying” 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.

21 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
saying10432554(None) 
baying125222581baying
faying134521071faying
haying134420611haying
laying104525701laying
maying124421151maying
paying123722161paying
raying105027191raying
saning75127641saning
sating74735451sating
saving104724511saving
sawing104323811sawing
sayings113610831sayings
shying134211841shying
skying14399981skying
slaying113316841slaying
spaying133014621spaying
spying123913251spying
staying114017321staying
stying105414571stying
swaying143610641swaying

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 Filter178691487550.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit48755210.87655656.4
3Display Results21210.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691211.172152466.7