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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 “annoy” 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.

38 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
annoy86971(None) 
annoys967521annoys
tannoy958351tannoy
agony96415652agony
ahoy101919182a_hoy
alloy85519972alloy
ancon75718232ancon
angry9310862angry
anion55028812anion
anna45529012ann_a
annal56520762annal
annas55824882annas
annex12310882annex
annona648872annona
annoyed1185872annoyed
annoyer1095602annoyer
annul55813382annul
anoa45634472a_noa
anomy105113392anomy
anon46134852a_non
anonym1136382anonym
antsy85712792antsy
any68440492a_n_y
anyon85615222anyon
atony87218852atony
aunty85919812aunty
awny105919302awn_y
cannon84514442cannon
cannot83616772cannot
canny105817692cann_y
enjoy1545962enjoy
envoy1156722envoy
fanny114816042fann_y
nancy105214922nancy
nanny84813812nanny
sannop837372sannop
tannoys1055552tannoys
uncoy104111412uncoy

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800381.78030224.7
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.12684050.3
 
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