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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 “flay” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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228 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
flay10633280(None) 
clay95927411clay
fay97454861f_ay
flab96628351flab
flag87427081flag
flak116026171flak
flaky155715581flaky
flam96333291flam
flamy135217471flamy
flan76134181flan
flap96128701flap
flat77147821flat
flaw106326641flaw
flawy145913381flawy
flax147325631flax
flaxy189012291flaxy
flays116321051flays
fley106626851fley
fly97124951fl_y
fray105428901fray
lay68865351_lay
play95928981play
slay76436381slay
ala312463602ala_
alae45643752alae
alan46844082alan
alar46340072alar
alary86123442alary
alas46358122alas
alky115920342alky
allay85620392allay
ally76935642ally
alway116113922alway
away108024222away
ay511773892__ay
bay89661642_bay
belay105021522belay
blab86629132blab
blae66134642blae
blah98625062blah
blam86131702blam
blat66550952blat
blaw97026722blaw
bray95232902bray
cay87155982_cay
chay124924872chay
clad76225822clad
clag75924572clag
clam86332292clam
clan65633922clan
clap86429042clap
clary105719612clary
claw95624342claw
clays105521332clays
cloy96623832cloy
day76254112_day
delay94820632delay
dray85428092dray
elan46734242elan
elmy95616792elmy
fa510148452f_a_
fab87453132f_ab
fad77452412f_ad
fag76852362f_ag
fall75535312fall
falx147120782falx
fan67158862f_an
far67762602f_ar
fas68262932f_as
fat68178082f_at
fax138143312f_ax
fays108535362f_ays
feal713940422feal
fear75337792fear
feat76458222feat
felly114922802felly
fey95940882f_ey
fiar76427332fiar
fiat76646642fiat
fila74729132fila_
filar84819292filar
filly114424902filly
filmy136114042filmy
flabby1634572flabby
flabs105818642flabs
flack144519412flack
flaggy14415922flaggy
flags95321282flags
flail85316182flail
flair86114122flair
flake125119972flake
flakey164410512flakey
flame105124442flame
flams105125012flams
flank124618092flank
flans85327972flans
flappy1654482flappy
flaps105621382flaps
flare84823632flare
flash115716212flash
flashy15498172flashy
flask125512422flask
flatly123110212flatly
flats86429742flats
flaws115920342flaws
flayed134414052flayed
flayer124713562flayer
flea75628492flea
fleam106017282fleam
fleas86423662fleas
fled85429772fled
flee76238792flee
flew105824252flew
flex146123472flex
fleys117015602fleys
flic96223732flic
flip96324262flip
flir76422202flir
flit76539272flit
float85928572float
floaty124210942floaty
floc95922122floc
floe76129772floe
flog85523892flog
flop96925452flop
flow105924922flow
flu66530212fl_u
flub95721882flub
flue75329852flue
fluky154512292fluky
flus75626542flus
fluty114415642fluty
flux145617742flux
fluyt114614202fluyt
flyby1676002flyby
flyway18134692flyway
foal76630922foal
foam97127172foam
foamy135313202foamy
fogy115923182fogy
foley115222302foley
folky159214712folky
folly115022602folly
foray115023972foray
foxy176517752foxy
foy96044262f_oy
fozy197017162fozy
frae75330472frae
frag85126272frag
frap95925812frap
frat75648542frat
frays116920102frays
fry96226502f_ry
fully114820862fully
fumy127118582fumy
fury107727972fury
gay76856492_gay
glad65624012glad
glady105413942glady
glam76529342glam
glary96018542glary
glazy187410982glazy
gley85724652gley
gray85329892gray
hay97358772_hay
illy76925332illy
inlay85214322inlay
jay136242672_jay
kay106745542_kay
la219261632_la_
lab58864782_lab
lac510155822_lac
lacy95829632_lacy
lad48165702_lad
lady86527152_lady
lag47862122_lag
laky116725822_laky
lam57666712_lam
lap58565272_lap
lar37967532_lar
las37281472_las
lat37593402_lat
lav66847342_lav
law68656642_law
lax107651522_lax
lays76043252_lays
lazy166423072_lazy
ley66246812_ley
may88757632_may
nay66952772_nay
ofay106416102ofay
okay115917662okay
oldy85316842oldy
onlay84212942onlay
paly95835532paly
pay88461182_pay
plan65833942plan
plat66048872plat
platy105021662platy
playa105812942playa
plays106320772plays
ploy96123602ploy
ply86323552pl_y
pray96331532pray
quay164618352quay
ray66361992_ray
relay84424672relay
say67264762_say
shay107133342shay
slab67133762slab
slag55934352slag
slam67737972slam
slap66434042slap
slat46959022slat
slaty86523152slaty
slaw77930712slaw
slays85723682slays
sly66228562sl_y
spay96631662spay
splay105816042splay
stay78333722stay
sway107128232sway
tray77632592tray
ulan46527392ulan
unlay84613702unlay
waly105830902waly
way96757662_way
yay96948712_yay

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298722280.84635309.7
3Display Results2282280.0633619.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912281.189150286.8
 
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