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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 “stay” 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.

250 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
stay7833372(None) 
satay84718461satay
say67264761s_ay
shay107133341shay
slay76436381slay
spay96631661spay
stab67329931stab
stag57332001stag
stagy96618891stagy
star48037761star
stat47352691stat
staw78627691staw
stays86022021stays
stey76224411stey
stray88525571stray
sty66227311st_y
sway107128231sway
assay8710282assay
astray95615542astray
atap66722452atap
ataxy1537312ataxy
away108024222away
ay511773892__ay
bay89661642_bay
bray95232902bray
cay87155982_cay
chay124924872chay
clay95927412clay
day76254112_day
dray85428092dray
essay867622essay
estray95713332estray
eta35834192eta_
etas46432272etas
fay97454862_fay
flay106332802flay
fray105428902fray
gay76856492_gay
gray85329892gray
hay97358772_hay
jay136242672_jay
kay106745542_kay
lay68865352_lay
may88757632_may
nay66952772_nay
ofay106416102ofay
okay115917662okay
paty95234562paty
pay88461182_pay
play95928982play
pray96331532pray
quay164618352quay
ray66361992_ray
sab56563202s_ab
sac57452862s_ac
sad47459202s_ad
sae38365182s_ae
sag46163402s_ag
sagy85327082sagy
sal36462882s_al
sap56463232s_ap
sat36288482s_at
satays94411682satays
sate45556102sate
sati45539332sati
satyr848482satyr
sau36356572s_au
saw68255352s_aw
sax107447642s_ax
says75942102s_ays
scab85926712scab
scad75725772scad
scag76626892scag
scaly104718722scaly
scam85932352scam
scan65530452scan
scar66434202scar
scary105222592scary
scat65848372scat
scry96017762scry
sea36161292sea_
seal45654372seal
seam66645972seam
seamy105921272seamy
sear47353842sear
seas45755272seas
seat47575562seat
seta45637312seta_
setae56026222setae
setal56430902setal
sexy146418022sexy
sha69837782sha_
shad86230912shad
shady125416512shady
shag86430562shag
shah105627782shah
shaky154616842shaky
shaly114322862shaly
sham96436362sham
shat76456602shat
shaw108132552shaw
shays116021432shays
shy96728192s_hy
sial45938832sial
sitar54820542sitar
sizy164816392sizy
ska76925862ska_
skag96321512skag
skas85325712skas
skat87037902skat
sky106420992s_ky
slab67133762slab
slag55934352slag
slam67737972slam
slap66434042slap
slat46959022slat
slaty86523152slaty
slaw77930712slaw
slays85723682slays
sly66228562s_ly
snag55827872snag
snaky125113912snaky
snap65727032snap
snaw78923072snaw
soak87227662soak
soap65831132soap
soapy106114782soapy
soar46838672soar
soy67851452s_oy
soya75724432soya
spa55730812spa_
spacy125415622spacy
spae65034322spae
spam85930042spam
span65234662span
spar65433302spar
spas67036722spas
spat66548522spat
spays105520512spays
spaz155626162spaz
splay105816042splay
spray106720062spray
spry96819122spry
spy86023742s_py
stably113314122stably
stabs76221382stabs
stack114421692stack
stade64825302stade
staff113817712staff
stage65330192stage
stagey105915582stagey
staggy115510392staggy
stags66226742stags
staid66722082staid
staig65519642staig
stain55727942stain
stair54719942stair
stake95927532stake
stale55637102stale
stalk94518002stalk
stalky13499302stalky
stall54722352stall
stamp95217362stamp
stand65923282stand
stane55933002stane
stang66424682stang
stank95823302stank
staph104314652staph
stare54440262stare
stark95425622stark
starry94911672starry
stars55836572stars
start55642312start
stash84916972stash
state56237332state
stats55933362stats
stave85324992stave
stayed104817272stayed
stayer94516482stayer
stead65520272stead
steady103510202steady
steak95219802steak
steal56125472steal
steam76322932steam
steamy115112372steamy
stem610628252stem
step67126292step
stet45947322stet
stew77525462stew
stewy116112062stewy
stimy105114742stimy
stir45723252stir
stoa45425912stoa
stoae55024262stoae
stoai55417872stoai
stoas55126022stoas
stoat57135952stoat
stob66724612stob
stogy95414082stogy
stony85818642stony
stop66532032stop
story86723032story
stot46347332stot
stow77325742stow
strap77925262strap
straw813321292straw
strawy1210312822strawy
strays96417932strays
stroy87720392stroy
stub66221842stub
stud56220092stud
study94411792study
stum65526022stum
stun45623452stun
stye76218972stye
stymy13358292stymy
swab96825312swab
swag87526732swag
swam96329982swam
swamy136714402swamy
swan76631312swan
swap95925432swap
swat77244442swat
sways115518462sways
ta211662452_ta_
tab57460322_tab
tad47959822_tad
tae38267052_tae
tag47259492_tag
taj106442192_taj
tam58663422_tam
tan37167572_tan
tao38358952_tao
tap57663872_tap
tar37570692_tar
tas38477102_tas
tat37690292_tat
tau36856902_tau
tav66043212_tav
taw610155452_taw
tax109449152_tax
thy97022912_thy
toy69655192_toy
tray77632592tray
try66529672_try
tsar47819802tsar
uta37425582uta_
utas45924952utas
way96757662_way
yay96948712_yay

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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit298722500.87334217.6
3Display Results2502500.0633968.3
 (SQL Overall)1786912501.219146588.2
 
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