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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 “resay” 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.

99 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
resay8532054(None) 
relay84424671relay
repay104818451repay
resat55139681resat
resaw84117251resaw
resays93714151resays
assay8710282assay
belay105021522belay
creasy114612302creasy
cressy11439112cressy
daresay1135432daresay
decay114718482decay
delay94820632delay
deray95024182deray
dressy10518142dressy
easy76224492_easy
espy969372_espy
essay867622essay
greasy10419462greasy
mesa67025482mesa_
mesas76823202mesas
meshy135612782meshy
messy104913832messy
pesky145911562pesky
pesty106421712pesty
prepay13310312prepay
presa74319042presa_
raspy106511702raspy
ray66361992r__ay
read55942532re_ad
ready94821502ready
real45750292re_al
ream65841612re_am
reap65934742re_ap
rear45644552re_ar
rebar75420192rebar
rebuy104714682rebuy
recap95718022recap
redan66125012redan
redbay1238332redbay
redly94217202redly
redry94314362redry
reedy910020292reedy
reefy114217702reefy
reeky125416262reeky
refly113914562refly
refry114412462refry
regal65023792regal
rehab10312442rehab
reify114814972reify
rekey124014732rekey
relax124817802relax
relays94316752relays
rely75428952re_ly
reman75730152reman
remap95418102remap
renal55929502renal
repays113813972repays
replay113412922replay
reply104015852reply
reran57329102reran
res35565042res__
resaid74517082resaid
resail64418732resail
resale64025542resale
resawn9399952resawn
resaws93713512resaws
reseal64819642reseal
reseat64131492reseat
reseau64216212reseau
resee54336332resee
reset55051862reset
resew84519502resew
resh76523452res_h
resid64124092resid
resin54131052resin
resiny94617362resiny
resit54241042resit
resoak10311092resoak
resod64720052resod
resow88217242resow
respray1236502respray
rest46459842res_t
rests54935872rests
retag63618412retag
retax124517972retax
retry84718082retry
rewan85623662rewan
rewax155713922rewax
risky126311522risky
rosary92810352rosary
rosy76024872ros_y
rushy115414812rushy
rusty85221052rusty
say67264762__say
testy85419062testy
tressy9448552tressy
unsay83212842unsay
zesty176512162zesty

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800991.42037887.3
3Display Results99990.0333000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691991.766101184.0
 
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