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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 “strayed” 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.

63 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
strayed11451328(None) 
estrayed1236391estrayed
sprayed13398901sprayed
stayed104817271st_ayed
strafed114413331strafed
straked125415341straked
strawed114813621strawed
strayer104312501strayer
stroyed114110861stroyed
arrayed11117162arrayed
betrayed1436302betrayed
brayed124615782_brayed
drayed115911392_drayed
forayed14368592forayed
frayed135012162_frayed
grayed115415642_grayed
prayed124815432_prayed
rayed95127502__rayed
sayed96127142s__ayed
scraped124313142scraped
slayed104716222s_layed
spayed124213612s_payed
splayed13357812splayed
sprayer12369042sprayer
staged84521562st_aged
staked114621942st_aked
staled74728102st_aled
staned74824642st_aned
stared75429872st_ared
starred85013452starred
started84217322started
starved114911572starved
stated75427832st_ated
staved103918052st_aved
stayer94516482st_ayer
steaded92811672steaded
steamed103712142steamed
storeyed1234642storeyed
strafe95215982strafe_
strafer103912462strafer
strafes104516002strafes
strained9412252strained
strake104017392strake_
strakes114218072strakes
strand74514822stra_nd
stranded102710812stranded
strapped1357822strapped
stray88525572stray__
strayers113510142strayers
strays96417932stray_s
streaked13228452streaked
streamed11258902streamed
strewed115811342strewed
striated93414152striated
striped105214362striped
strived114713662strived
stroked124613622stroked
strowed115312142strowed
stroyer103510782stroyer
styed95815482st__yed
swayed133510262s_wayed
traced94821582_traced
traded85717682_traded

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.486367677.0
2DLD Change Limit107671633.51330649.3
3Display Results63630.0331909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691634.03244318.2
 
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