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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 “splaying” 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.

49 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
splaying1421930(None) 
playing133816091_playing
slaying113316841s_laying
spaying133014621sp_aying
spraying14299881spraying
allaying12339312allaying
belaying143110602belaying
claying133614302_claying
delaying133210972delaying
displaying1746312displaying
flaying143914462_flaying
inlaying1247892inlaying
laying104525702__laying
misplaying1845552misplaying
paying123722162_p_aying
placing123815282_placing
planing103418252_planing
plating103823072_plating
ploying132811572_ploying
plying124312082_pl_ying
praying133717322_praying
relaying122515152relaying
replaying15259602replaying
salarying1336072salarying
sallying12309852sallying
saying104325542s__aying
slaking123717472s_laking
slating83724652s_lating
slaving113514832s_laving
solacing11310132solacing
solating9315592solating
spacing123614492sp_acing
spading113114382sp_ading
spaeing103413542sp_aeing
spalling113213462spalling
sparing104823872sp_aring
speaking153212492speaking
speaning113512242speaning
spearing113216102spearing
splashing1535702splashing
splatting1235982splatting
splicing1338962splicing
splining11310772splining
spying123913252sp__ying
staying114017322s_taying
straying122912692straying
sullying12328512sullying
swaying143610642s_waying
unlaying1258362unlaying

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059497.45316243.0
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691497.88922650.7
 
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