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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 “mays” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 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
mays9694003(None) 
ays67050291_ays
bays97143911bays
cays95437671cays
days87637131days
fays108535361fays
gays87338021gays
hays106138071hays
jays146328341jays
kays116032191kays
lays76043251lays
macs86742511macs
mads76845371mads
maes66948401maes
mags75444531mags
mans66354551mans
maps86141051maps
mars66261871mars
mas58175821ma_s
mass66044941mass
mats65460291mats
maws96437141maws
may88757631may_
maya95824591maya
mayas105924381mayas
mayo96524301mayo
mayos105521931mayos
mayst106622671mayst
nays75931591nays
pays95940221pays
rays77642351rays
says75942101says
ways107737951ways
yays105728911yays

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit13983340.21664736.1
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691340.482370728.2
 
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