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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 “allay” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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93 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
allay8562039(None) 
allays94313741allays
alley85721671alley
alloy85519971alloy
ally76935641all_y
alway116113921alway
ably99725132abl_y
agley96917332agley
agly86821802agl_y
ala312463602a_la_
alae45643752a_lae
alan46844082a_lan
alar46340072a_lar
alary86123442alary
alas46358122a_las
alba68328332alba_
albas75925392albas
alfa77624272alfa_
alfas87219042alfas
alga57927602alga_
algae65319622algae
algal66518212algal
algas65624932algas
alias55834602alias
aliya83713482aliya
alky115920342a_lky
all36148232all__
allayed11138062allayed
allayer10148212allayer
allee54932122allee
alleys95113302alleys
allod64418372allod
allot54933872allot
allow85420662allow
alloys94014562alloys
alls46740922all_s
allyl85310542allyl
alma66333022alma_
almah106917252almah
almas76629772almas
altar55520642altar
alula5317092alula_
alulae6312742alulae
alular6311352alular
always12409132always
anlas55626932anlas
array86317142array
assay8710282assay
atlas55821582atlas
away108024222a_way
ballad94315322ballad
ballsy11508872ballsy
bally105530102ball_y
belay105021522belay
calla74827072calla_
callan83619602callan
callas84526752callas
clay95927412_clay
cullay113910172cullay
dally95324742dall_y
delay94820632delay
fallacy1536432fallacy
fallal93612692fallal
flay106332802_flay
galley104215452galley
gally95026172gall_y
hallah124115402hallah
hallal94415562hallal
hallway1636172hallway
illy76925332ill_y
inlay85214322inlay
lallan63414172lallan
lay68865352__lay
olla44821172olla_
ollas54218282ollas
onlay84212942onlay
pally105727122pall_y
parlay113713992parlay
play95928982_play
rally84725902rall_y
relay84424672relay
sally85129712sall_y
slay76436382_slay
splay105816042splay
tally84526862tall_y
unlay84613702unlay
valley124311602valley
walla85321032walla_
wallaby1535072wallaby
wallah124011992wallah
wallas95719392wallas
wally114625092wall_y
waylay1535452waylay

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 Filter178691538000.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit53800931.78330173.9
3Display Results93930.0303100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691931.88994595.6
 
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