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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 “relays” 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.

70 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
relays9431675(None) 
belays114313851belays
delays104014051delays
relay84424671relay_
repays113813971repays
replays12399761replays
resays93714151resays
allays94313742allays
belay105021522belay_
clays105521332_clays
decays124612912decays
delay94820632delay_
derays105514252derays
elans55527752_elans
flays116321052_flays
inlays9389872inlays
lays76043252__lays
onlays9398712onlays
plays106320772_plays
prepays1437482prepays
rays77642352r__ays
reads64835272re_ads
reales64934122reales
realms84913492realms
reals55038652re_als
reams75729622re_ams
reaps75626192re_aps
rears54739652re_ars
rebars84019832rebars
rebuys11428782rebuys
recaps103615732recaps
reclads1049992reclads
redans75421022redans
redbays1336012redbays
reflags1156952reflags
rehabs1139022rehabs
rekeys13347692rekeys
relace83122152relace
relaces93420882relaces
relaid75518442relaid
reland75920432reland
relands85214882relands
relapse947702relapse
relate64033632relate
relates73731432relates
relax124817802rela_x
relaxes143215322relaxes
relayed113212752relayed
relets64025672relets
relics84517902relics
relies65036422relies
reloads8911312reloads
reloans7313132reloans
rely75428952rel_y_
remans84823002remans
remaps105012872remaps
repass84114702repass
repay104818452repay_
replans92814942replans
replay113412922replay_
resaws93713512resaws
resay85320542resay_
retags73414302retags
selahs9313212selahs
slays85723682_slays
splays114910872splays
tellys9348842tellys
unlays93810492unlays
velars93913722velars
virelays1444642virelays

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551702.57632046.2
3Display Results70700.0302333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691702.98259923.2
 
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