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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 “sprayed” 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
sprayed1339890(None) 
prayed124815431_prayed
spayed124213611sp_ayed
splayed13357811splayed
sprayer12369041sprayer
strayed114513281strayed
arrayed11117152arrayed
brayed124615782_brayed
drayed115911392_drayed
estrayed1236392estrayed
forayed14368592forayed
frayed135012162_frayed
grayed115415642_grayed
payed115925932_p_ayed
played124815032_played
prated94924922_prated
prayer114815292_prayer
preyed125313202_preyed
rayed95127502__rayed
resprayed1544352resprayed
sayed96127142s__ayed
scraped124313132scraped
slayed104716222s_layed
spaced114517252sp_aced
spaded103816752sp_aded
spaed85522272sp_a_ed
spared95427492sp_ared
sparged113512762sparged
sparked143513142sparked
sparred104512862sparred
speaned103411522speaned
speared104314422speared
spiraled1137732spiraled
sprained1138432sprained
sprawled1434522sprawled
spray106720062spray__
sprayers13367052sprayers
sprays115913642spray_s
spruced12307532spruced
spryer11418532spr_yer
stayed104817272s_tayed
strafed114413332strafed
straked125415342straked
strawed114813612strawed
strayer104312502strayer
stroyed114110862stroyed
swayed133510262s_wayed
unsprayed1554362unsprayed
uprated103213322uprated

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671493.26332997.5
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691493.65548889.5
 
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