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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpaying” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

19 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
paying12372216(None) 
baying125222581baying
faying134521071faying
haying134420611haying
laying104525701laying
maying124421151maying
pacing114522751pacing
paging104020401paging
paling93530131paling
paring94236491paring
paving124519741paving
pawing124519551pawing
playing133816091playing
plying124312081plying
praying133717321praying
prying124114801prying
raying105027191raying
saying104325541saying
spaying133014621spaying

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 Filter178691487550.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit48755191.51632160.3
3Display Results19190.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691191.686105985.2