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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 “payef” 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.

75 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
payed115925931payed
payee105524721payee
payer105125721payer
alef76340692_alef
aye67151762_aye_
ayes76543512_ayes
bayed115423022bayed
fayed126422152fayed
ganef96322462ganef
gayer94519192gayer
hayed125822012hayed
hayer114620242hayer
hayey144812532hayey
layed95127382layed
layer84626472layer
mayed115522402mayed
pace86345772pace_
paced106931682paced
pacer96131612pacer
paces96741112paces
pacey126720282pacey
page76036102page_
paged95926782paged
pager84728202pager
pages85235072pages
pale66055012pale_
palea75028662palea
paled85538722paled
paler75436942paler
pales75753802pales
palet74650802palet
pane64950292pane_
paned85437182paned
panel76023622panel
panes76148692panes
paper95128662paper
pare66760842pare_
pared86946762pared
pareo74632602pareo
parer75839902parer
pares77164482pares
pareu74928742pareu
pase65346862pase_
paseo77022512paseo
pases75346502pases
pate65350462pate_
pated85237842pated
paten74827342paten
pater74740732pater
pates76047892pates
pave96133892pave_
paved115525262paved
paver104225832paver
paves104833922paves
pawed115725612pawed
pawer104422972pawer
paxes144928422paxes
pay88461182pay__
payees114812902payees
payers114621822payers
payoff1736022payoff
payor105413842payor
pays95940222pay_s
played124815032played
player115215212player
plyer106214332plyer
prayed124815432prayed
prayer114815292prayer
pryer104415312pryer
pye86432502p_ye_
pyes95528992p_yes
rayed95127502rayed
sayed96127142sayed
sayer84926552sayer
spayed124213612spayed

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800751.64032804.9
3Display Results75750.0164687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691751.96990752.2
 
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