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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 “mislay” 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.

31 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
mislay11351068(None) 
mislays12349241mislays
misplay1436381misplay
missay114112141missay
dismay12229472dismay
display1336662display
inlay85214322_inlay
midday13327502midday
midway15327152midway
milady1236612mi_lady
milky144014442mi_lky
milty104720072mi_lty
misally121111062misally
miseat82925702miseat
misery114113542misery
mishap1338862mishap
miskal123710262miskal
mislaid1039302mislaid
mislain9311242mislain
mislayer1337502mislayer
mislead10419972mislead
misled94719312misled
mislie83219152mislie
mislit83019692mislit
misplan1147772misplan
misplays1555542misplays
missal84314902missal
missays124010252missays
missy105617562mis_sy
misty106120452mis_ty
slay76436382__slay

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.29635954.3
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691312.63967711.6
 
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