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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 “lawny” 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.

73 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
lawny11591201(None) 
awny105919301_awny
fawny144711711fawny
lawn75925631lawn_
lawns85215421lawns
tawny114713651tawny
alway116113922alway
any68440492_a_ny
away108024222_away
awn68035912_awn_
awns75324432_awns
awry107619682_awry
barny105821732barny
bawdy147513282bawdy
bawty135614102bawty
blawn106813702blawn_
brawny144710602brawny
canny105817692canny
carny105822922carny
dawn85624202dawn_
dawns95916592dawns
downy125714552downy
fanny114816042fanny
fawn105321952fawn_
fawns115914262fawns
flawy145913382flaw_y
gawky16569992gawky
gawsy12459092gawsy
lacey105820912lacey
lacy95829632la_cy
lady86527152la_dy
lain46146282lain_
laity85318902laity
laky116725822la_ky
lamby125114842lamby
land56337312la_nd
lane45153332la_ne
lang56637382la_ng
lank84734452la_nk
lanky125517482lanky
lardy96119272lardy
larky125218872larky
lathy115215062lathy
law68656642law__
lawed96028322lawed
lawine93316462lawine
lawing104625282lawing
laws76441682law_s
laxly15610102laxly
lay68865352la__y
lazy166423072la_zy
liny78141322l_iny
loony86918962loony
lowly114113332lowly
lown76929292lown_
luny77324132l_uny
many95731862ma_ny
mawn94424142mawn_
nanny84813812nanny
pawky173810152pawky
pawn94625302pawn_
pawns108818132pawns
rainy85921082rainy
rawly115115832rawly
sawn75428162sawn_
sawney12387602sawney
tawney12338232tawney
towny116114492towny
wany106432362wa_ny
yawey14458272yawey
yawn106219092yawn_
yawns114213272yawns
zany167316992za_ny

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800731.65632487.9
3Display Results73730.0164562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691731.98590020.7
 
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