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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 “delayed” 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.

57 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
delayed12331076(None) 
belayed133610081belayed
decayed14309331decayed
delated93722871delated
delayer113010531delayer
relayed113212751relayed
allayed11138062allayed
belaced124112152belaced
belated103520012belated
belayer12339502belayer
clayed125013042_clayed
dealated103213602dealated
deaned84620452de_aned
deaved114916552de_aved
debased113310582debased
debated113916082debated
decayer13339352decayer
declared1248742declared
declawed1545922declawed
decoyed14358332decoyed
deejayed2042442deejayed
defaced142910972defaced
defamed14309832defamed
deflated133412302deflated
defrayed1635402defrayed
deglazed2034952deglazed
delate73827752delate_
delates83526282delates
delay94820632delay__
delayers12268662delayers
delays104014052delay_s
deleaded1148332deleaded
deleaved1346572deleaved
deled75326542del__ed
deleted93314912deleted
delimed11310722delimed
deluded10158762deluded
deluged10167412deluged
delved114112752del_ved
deplaned1238662deplaned
deployed1535912deployed
derated93623502derated
dewaxed19316052dewaxed
dilated93115822dilated
drayed115911392d_rayed
elated74725822_elated
flayed134414052_flayed
gelated93615632gelated
layed95127382__layed
melamed1249632melamed
played124815032_played
relaced103517212relaced
related83327572related
relaxed153312532relaxed
replayed14248632replayed
slayed104716222_slayed
splayed13357812splayed

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671573.18633795.0
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691573.56250165.9
 
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