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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 “payees” 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.

75 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
payees11481290(None) 
payee105524721payee_
payers114621821payers
akees96119242_akees
ayes76543512_ay_es
hayers124415942hayers
jaygees1854512jaygees
jayvees2052922jayvees
kayles134712002kayles
kayoes134710822kayoes
larees65323112larees
layers93921182layers
maybes1339242maybes
pacers105124542pacers
paces96741112pa_ces
padles95221122padles
padres95016982padres
pagers94423252pagers
pages85235072pa_ges
pales75753802pa_les
palets85122312palets
panels84716522panels
panes76148692pa_nes
pannes85522852pannes
papers105125322papers
pareos87023772pareos
parers85530742parers
pares77164482pa_res
pareses94718882pareses
pareus85420742pareus
parges94529542parges
paries84742512paries
parles86334402parles
parses85534702parses
paseos88015812paseos
pases75346502pa_ses
pashes115828392pashes
passes86030472passes
pastes85233912pastes
patens84820862patens
paters84935832paters
pates76047892pa_tes
pauses84621472pauses
paveed12438892paveed
pavers115021822pavers
paves104833922pa_ves
pawers114818782pawers
pawnees12298172pawnees
paxes144928422pa_xes
payed115925932pay_ed
payer105125722pay_er
payors114312642payors
pays95940222pay__s
pees65257372p__ees
pewees11311392pewees
physes14399782physes
players124313762players
plyers114912982plyers
prayers124212852prayers
prees75937172p_rees
pryers115012242pryers
purees84721682purees
pyes95528992p_y_es
pyres105523882p_yres
pyxes175911402p_yxes
ragees74618662ragees
rakees104516972rakees
ramees84620892ramees
ranees64623962ranees
razees154314762razees
sarees65329942sarees
sayeds10469252sayeds
sayers94221592sayers
spahees1238262spahees
tyees86019452_tyees

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 Limit82551752.25036689.3
3Display Results75750.0135769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691752.60668569.1
 
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