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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 “prays” 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.

193 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
prays10502243(None) 
brays106723111brays
drays95819771drays
frays116920101frays
grays95621331grays
pays95940221p_ays
plays106320771plays
prams96125511prams
praos74923561praos
prats76333391prats
praus74621751praus
pray96331531pray_
preys105717781preys
rays77642351_rays
sprays115913641sprays
trays85623431trays
araks94820882araks
arrays95311682arrays
ays67050292__ays
bays97143912_bays
brads85528292brads
braes75735052braes
brags85625102brags
brans75437432brans
bras65746452bra_s
brass75428022brass
brats75336012brats
braws106425192braws
bray95232902bray_
cays95437672_cays
chays135319742chays
clays105521332clays
crabs95421392crabs
crags85622572crags
crams96229152crams
craps95328642craps
crass76328042crass
craws105723122craws
days87637132_days
derays105514252derays
drabs85119672drabs
drags75521112drags
drams86025832drams
drats66628372drats
draws95119372draws
dray85428092dray_
drys86314802dr_ys
eras45441502era_s
fays108535362_fays
flays116321052flays
forays124813002forays
frags96322172frags
fraps105620552fraps
frass85321122frass
frats86829672frats
fray105428902fray_
gays87338022_gays
grabs85719692grabs
grads75625752grads
grams85327312grams
grans64832542grans
grass66125202grass
gray85329892gray_
greys96614852greys
hays106138072_hays
jays146328342_jays
kays116032192_kays
lays76043252_lays
mays96940032_mays
morays114613882morays
nays75931592_nays
ofays11488922ofays
okays12609442okays
orals55826482orals
pacs85842182p_acs
pads76742952p_ads
pals66951352p_als
pams85641762p_ams
pans65855732p_ans
paps86443452p_aps
paras76143042paras
pards85634332pards
pares77164482pares
paris75145942paris
parks116134462parks
parlays123910452parlays
parrs75928672parrs
pars67560792p_ars
parts77743372parts
pas58775742p_a_s
pass65239952p_ass
pats66460852p_ats
paws96038182p_aws
pay88461182p_ay_
peags86122842peags
peaks114825622peaks
peals75235492peals
peans75437642peans
pears75138612pears
peas65755062pea_s
peats76140192peats
pians75126962pians
pias66542552pia_s
piraya1167712piraya
pirayas1277482pirayas
plans75731272plans
plats75531372plats
platys11459852platys
play95928982play_
playa105812942playa
playas114612282playas
ploys105816592ploys
polys105718762polys
praam94815612praam
praams10459642praams
prahu105013972prahu
prahus11458242prahus
praise84419412praise
pram85733492pra_m
prang84820322prang
prangs94816232prangs
prank115019452prank
pranks124814722pranks
prao66229022pra_o
prase76128752prase
prases84429022prases
prat65952042pra_t
prate75135982prate
prates84633162prates
prau66529472pra_u
prawn105312432prawn
prawns11509022prawns
praxes156215182praxes
praxis154012252praxis
prayed124815432prayed
prayer114815292prayer
prayers124212852prayers
prees75937172prees
prepays1437482prepays
preps96220692preps
press75425952press
prey96228482prey_
pries74339532pries
prigs85219702prigs
prims95425932prims
priss74623892priss
proas75028802proas
prods85523552prods
profs105120892profs
progs86624152progs
proms95426412proms
props95726882props
pros65742782pr_os
pross76529402pross
prosy106319252prosy
prows106327012prows
pry85728052pr_y_
pyas96225702pya_s
pyrans11411062pyrans
quays174612042quays
rads56046602_rads
rags55448372_rags
rais45252622_rais
rams65950772_rams
raps66247732_raps
ras37575392_ra_s
rats46260372_rats
raws75238212_raws
ray66361992_ray_
raya75224822_raya
rayas85922052_rayas
ryas77224612_ryas
says75942102_says
shays116021432shays
slays85723682slays
spays105520512spays
splays114910872splays
sprags95715822sprags
sprats85819932sprats
spray106720062spray_
stays86022022stays
strays96417932strays
sways115518462sways
trams75327672trams
trans54933042trans
traps75727482traps
trass56226472trass
tray77632592tray_
treys85018212treys
troys86418612troys
ways107737952_ways
wraps105617152wraps
yays105728912_yays

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 Limit538001931.43637465.2
3Display Results1931930.0633063.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911931.81298615.3
 
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