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

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

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
pays	9	59	4022	(None)
ays	6	70	5029	1	_ays
bays	9	71	4391	1	bays
cays	9	54	3767	1	cays
days	8	76	3713	1	days
fays	10	85	3536	1	fays
gays	8	73	3802	1	gays
hays	10	61	3807	1	hays
jays	14	63	2834	1	jays
kays	11	60	3219	1	kays
lays	7	60	4325	1	lays
mays	9	69	4003	1	mays
nays	7	59	3159	1	nays
pacs	8	58	4218	1	pacs
pads	7	67	4295	1	pads
pals	6	69	5135	1	pals
pams	8	56	4176	1	pams
pans	6	58	5573	1	pans
paps	8	64	4345	1	paps
pars	6	75	6079	1	pars
pas	5	87	7574	1	pa_s
pass	6	52	3995	1	pass
pats	6	64	6085	1	pats
paws	9	60	3818	1	paws
pay	8	84	6118	1	pay_
plays	10	63	2077	1	plays
prays	10	50	2243	1	prays
pyas	9	62	2570	1	pyas
rays	7	76	4235	1	rays
says	7	59	4210	1	says
spays	10	55	2051	1	spays
ways	10	77	3795	1	ways
yays	10	57	2891	1	yays
aahs	7	164	2856	2	aahs
aals	4	99	4114	2	aals
aas	3	109	7539	2	_aas
abs	5	93	5607	2	_abs
abys	9	72	2188	2	abys
ads	4	97	5573	2	_ads
ags	4	75	5166	2	_ags
ahs	6	86	4482	2	_ahs
ais	3	90	8357	2	_ais
als	3	66	6302	2	_als
apes	6	60	4743	2	apes
apos	6	54	3382	2	apos
apps	8	63	1969	2	apps
ars	3	76	7093	2	_ars
as	2	110	8307	2	_a_s
ass	3	78	4406	2	_ass
ay	5	117	7389	2	_ay_
aye	6	71	5176	2	_aye
ayes	7	65	4351	2	_ayes
baas	6	68	4467	2	baas
bads	7	70	4886	2	bads
bags	7	66	4550	2	bags
bals	6	63	5404	2	bals
bams	8	70	4445	2	bams
bans	6	65	5514	2	bans
baps	8	60	4084	2	baps
bars	6	65	6409	2	bars
bas	5	86	8175	2	ba_s
bass	6	61	4678	2	bass
bats	6	69	6233	2	bats
bay	8	96	6164	2	bay_
beys	9	138	2955	2	beys
boys	9	67	3733	2	boys
brays	10	67	2311	2	brays
buys	9	57	2679	2	buys
bys	8	52	2946	2	_bys
cabs	8	67	3942	2	cabs
cads	7	61	4452	2	cads
cams	8	70	4728	2	cams
cans	6	50	5085	2	cans
caps	8	71	4789	2	caps
cars	6	73	6476	2	cars
cats	6	63	5634	2	cats
caws	9	60	3611	2	caws
cay	8	71	5598	2	cay_
chays	13	53	1974	2	chays
clays	10	55	2133	2	clays
copays	13	49	1127	2	copays
coys	9	75	3724	2	coys
dabs	7	71	3940	2	dabs
dads	6	74	4277	2	dads
dags	6	66	4260	2	dags
dahs	8	82	3181	2	dahs
dais	5	70	4070	2	dais
daks	9	71	3060	2	daks
dals	5	71	4512	2	dals
dams	7	74	4437	2	dams
dans	5	67	4815	2	dans
daps	7	72	3916	2	daps
daws	8	66	3824	2	daws
day	7	62	5411	2	day_
deys	8	50	2747	2	deys
drays	9	58	1977	2	drays
drys	8	63	1480	2	drys
ears	4	63	5659	2	ears
easy	7	62	2449	2	easy
eats	4	70	5487	2	eats
eyas	7	64	2743	2	eyas
fabs	9	86	3586	2	fabs
fads	8	69	3987	2	fads
fags	8	69	3912	2	fags
fans	7	62	4737	2	fans
fas	6	82	6293	2	fa_s
fats	7	62	5250	2	fats
fay	9	74	5486	2	fay_
flays	11	63	2105	2	flays
foys	10	56	2829	2	foys
frays	11	69	2010	2	frays
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gads	6	78	4338	2	gads
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gals	5	79	4650	2	gals
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gats	5	67	5344	2	gats
gay	7	68	5649	2	gay_
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hams	9	64	4613	2	hams
haps	9	64	4346	2	haps
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hay	9	73	5877	2	hay_
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mayo	9	65	2430	2	mayo
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nans	4	61	3940	2	nans
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oaks	8	65	2790	2	oaks
oars	4	68	4603	2	oars
oats	4	65	5421	2	oats
ofays	11	48	892	2	ofays
okays	12	60	944	2	okays
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pa	4	104	5648	2	pa__
pac	7	90	5408	2	pa_c
paca	8	51	3224	2	paca
pacas	9	60	2940	2	pacas
pace	8	63	4577	2	pace
paces	9	67	4111	2	paces
pack	12	55	3544	2	pack
packs	13	55	2893	2	packs
pact	8	66	4872	2	pact
pacts	9	51	2580	2	pacts
pacy	11	53	2868	2	pacy
pad	6	80	5732	2	pa_d
padi	7	63	3178	2	padi
padis	8	62	2714	2	padis
page	7	60	3610	2	page
pages	8	52	3507	2	pages
pah	8	88	5359	2	pa_h
paid	7	57	3748	2	paid
paik	10	57	2680	2	paik
paiks	11	47	1985	2	paiks
pail	6	61	4183	2	pail
pails	7	58	3306	2	pails
pain	6	56	4724	2	pain
pains	7	51	3828	2	pains
pair	6	60	3151	2	pair
pairs	7	53	2583	2	pairs
paisa	7	60	2107	2	paisa
paise	7	50	2833	2	paise
pal	5	67	6167	2	pa_l
pale	6	60	5501	2	pale
pales	7	57	5380	2	pales
pall	6	50	3934	2	pall
palls	7	43	3256	2	palls
palm	8	53	3136	2	palm
palms	9	49	2175	2	palms
palp	8	58	2857	2	palp
palps	9	47	1956	2	palps
palsy	10	54	1746	2	palsy
paly	9	58	3553	2	paly
pam	7	78	5839	2	pa_m
pan	5	84	6645	2	pa_n
pane	6	49	5029	2	pane
panes	7	61	4869	2	panes
pang	7	53	3630	2	pang
pangs	8	46	2867	2	pangs
pansy	10	57	1797	2	pansy
pant	6	60	6126	2	pant
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pap	7	67	5840	2	pa_p
papa	8	58	2714	2	papa
papas	9	49	2749	2	papas
par	5	74	6702	2	pa_r
para	6	52	4217	2	para
paras	7	61	4304	2	paras
pard	7	64	4132	2	pard
pards	8	56	3433	2	pards
pare	6	67	6084	2	pare
pares	7	71	6448	2	pares
paris	7	51	4594	2	paris
park	10	52	3749	2	park
parks	11	61	3446	2	parks
parr	6	57	3115	2	parr
parrs	7	59	2867	2	parrs
parse	7	52	3699	2	parse
part	6	59	6746	2	part
parts	7	77	4337	2	parts
pase	6	53	4686	2	pase
pases	7	53	4650	2	pases
pash	9	56	3813	2	pash
passe	7	55	2569	2	passe
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pasts	7	59	3650	2	pasts
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pate	6	53	5046	2	pate
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path	9	91	3491	2	path
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patsy	10	57	1720	2	patsy
paty	9	52	3456	2	paty
pause	7	50	2183	2	pause
pave	9	61	3389	2	pave
paves	10	48	3392	2	paves
pavis	10	64	2273	2	pavis
paw	8	76	5117	2	pa_w
pawl	9	51	2326	2	pawl
pawls	10	56	1766	2	pawls
pawn	9	46	2530	2	pawn
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pax	12	73	4685	2	pa_x
paxes	14	49	2842	2	paxes
payed	11	59	2593	2	payed
payee	10	55	2472	2	payee
payees	11	48	1290	2	payees
payer	10	51	2572	2	payer
payers	11	46	2182	2	payers
payor	10	54	1384	2	payor
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peaks	11	48	2562	2	peaks
peals	7	52	3549	2	peals
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Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	29872	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	450	1.050	28449.5
3	Display Results	450	450	0.106	4245.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	450	1.482	120574.2