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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forways” 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.

30 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
ways10773795(None) 
ays67050291_ays
bays97143911bays
cays95437671cays
days87637131days
fays108535361fays
gays87338021gays
hays106138071hays
jays146328341jays
kays116032191kays
lays76043251lays
mays96940021mays
nays75931591nays
pays95940221pays
rays77642351rays
says75942101says
sways115518461sways
wabs97337231wabs
wads87343141wads
waes76048601waes
wags86140551wags
wans76452261wans
waps96642081waps
wars78659801wars
was68767561wa_s
wats77555881wats
waws106834901waws
way96757661way_
whys137011661whys
yays105728911yays

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit13983300.36038841.7
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691300.453394461.4