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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 “outlay” 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.

36 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
outlay9271179(None) 
outlaw9279641outlaw
outlays102610901outlays
outplay12267721outplay
outsay92611871outsay
cullay113910172cullay
cutlas8313102cutlas
onlay84212942o_nlay
outbuy1146942outbuy
outby10411532out_by
outcry1137992outcry
outeat62824532outeat
outfly1238272outfly
outgas7313202outgas
outlaid81110652outlaid
outlain71212612outlain
outland81212342outland
outlast71015442outlast
outlawry1443022outlawry
outlaws10249602outlaws
outlead83311102outlead
outleap9298292outleap
outled74020342outled
outlet63728682outlet
outlie62419532outlie
outman83115032outman
outplan9249442outplan
outplays13246842outplays
outpray12268082outpray
outran63218892outran
outsat62920282outsat
outsaw92610282outsaw
outsays102710402outsays
outstay1047682outstay
outwar91011512outwar
unlay84613702_unlay

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.22037185.1
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691362.56269746.7
 
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