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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 “maybe” 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
maybe1231113(None) 
mabe85733361ma_be
maybes1339241maybes
abbe87627192_abbe
abye97921002_abye
aye67151762_ay_e
babe86835822ba_be
barbe95328282barbe
daube85015302daube
daybed13438672daybed
gambe106219212gambe
gybe105916242_gybe
jambe165314752jambe
mabes96331532ma_bes
mace87345792ma_ce
mache125925302mache
macle96127002macle
made75440242ma_de
madre85720172madre
mae57659112ma__e
mage75739132ma_ge
mahoe10315572mahoe
maile75232222maile
maize164618562maize
make105537892ma_ke
male66052302ma_le
mamba116317522mamba
mambo115215742mambo
mamie95826002mamie
mane65052032ma_ne
mange84930192mange
manse75528232manse
maple95521142maple
marble104219102marble
mare64759332ma_re
marge85328332marge
marse76231152marse
masse75125292masse
mate65154222ma_te
matte75626842matte
mauve104013272mauve
mavie104722562mavie
may88757632may__
maya95824592may_a
mayan105616902mayan
mayas105924382mayas
mayed115522402mayed
mayhem1644922mayhem
mayo96524302may_o
mayor106616622mayor
mayos105521932mayos
mays96940032may_s
mayst106622672mayst
maze155434982ma_ze
nabe66029492na_be
payee105524722payee
sabe66140572sa_be

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800571.48636204.6
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691571.81298615.3
 
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