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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 “staying” 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.

130 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
staying11401732(None) 
saying104325541s_aying
slaying113316841slaying
spaying133014621spaying
staging93818371staging
staking123919801staking
staling83925421staling
staning83922241staning
staring84527051staring
stating83725161stating
staving113915701staving
straying122912691straying
stying105414571st_ying
swaying143610641swaying
assaying1236002assaying
baying125222582_baying
braying134416312braying
claying133614302claying
draying123813842draying
essaying1235032essaying
estating92614992estating
estraying1338292estraying
faying134521072_faying
flaying143914462flaying
fraying143413432fraying
graying124115882graying
haying134420612_haying
laying104525702_laying
maying124421152_maying
okaying1534832okaying
paying123722162_paying
playing133816092playing
praying133717322praying
raying105027192_raying
saning75127642s_aning
sating74735452s_ating
saving104724512s_aving
sawing104323812s_awing
sayings113610832s_ayings
scaling103519372scaling
scaping123715692scaping
scaring103421972scaring
scrying1338662scrying
sealing83528562sealing
seaming103222112seaming
searing83330922searing
seating84130682seating
shading123115562shading
shaking153317252shaking
shaming133016742shaming
shaping133116182shaping
sharing113723242sharing
shaving143414332shaving
shawing143514882shawing
shying134211842s_hying
skating123613852skating
skying14399982s_kying
slaking123717472slaking
slating83724652slating
slaving113514832slaving
snaking123915302snaking
snaring83920952snaring
snawing113612482snawing
soaking123116612soaking
soaping103616222soaping
soaring83521892soaring
spacing123614492spacing
spading113114382spading
spaeing103413542spaeing
sparing104823872sparing
splaying14219302splaying
spraying14299882spraying
spying123913252s_pying
stabbing13238762stabbing
stabling112913652stabling
stacking154215082stacking
staffing15247492staffing
stagging113310512stagging
stagings10378342stagings
staig65519642sta_i_g
stain55727942sta_in_
staining9413372staining
stains64923652sta_ins
stalking133512222stalking
stalling95116702stalling
stamina9310792stamina
stamping133310962stamping
standing103413632standing
stang66424682sta__ng
stanging104013652stanging
stanine73417072stanine
stapling112813152stapling
starling93017122starling
starring92312952starring
starting93116172starting
starving122510172starving
stashing123511582stashing
statin63921472statin_
statins73719772statins
steading103613592steading
steadying14154502steadying
stealing93416602stealing
steaming114013212steaming
stewing113412492stewing
stimying1437502stimying
sting65330242st__ing
stoking123615592stoking
stoning83717442stoning
stoping103716622stoping
storing83921122storing
storying12249672storying
stowing113315132stowing
strafing122111192strafing
strawing122411622strawing
string75327562st_ring
stroying122410592stroying
studying1335552studying
styling112910652styling
stymying1733962stymying
swaging124210632swaging
taking114725952_taking
taming94023432_taming
taping94222392_taping
taring73932282_taring
tawing104521552_tawing
taxing143816712_taxing
taxying1836182_taxying
toying105017302_toying
trying104214072_trying
tying96019842_t_ying

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit1076711303.53330475.8
3Display Results1301300.0462826.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911303.71948048.1
 
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