Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “says” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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464 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
says	7	59	4210	(None)
ays	6	70	5029	1	_ays
bays	9	71	4391	1	bays
cays	9	54	3767	1	cays
days	8	76	3713	1	days
fays	10	85	3536	1	fays
gays	8	73	3802	1	gays
hays	10	61	3807	1	hays
jays	14	63	2834	1	jays
kays	11	60	3219	1	kays
lays	7	60	4325	1	lays
mays	9	69	4002	1	mays
nays	7	59	3159	1	nays
pays	9	59	4022	1	pays
rays	7	76	4235	1	rays
sabs	6	66	4374	1	sabs
sacs	6	57	3907	1	sacs
sags	5	59	4840	1	sags
sals	4	68	5167	1	sals
sans	4	51	5335	1	sans
saps	6	53	4637	1	saps
sass	4	50	3562	1	sass
saws	7	58	3948	1	saws
say	6	72	6476	1	say_
sayst	8	53	2200	1	sayst
shays	11	60	2143	1	shays
slays	8	57	2368	1	slays
soys	7	52	3393	1	soys
spays	10	55	2051	1	spays
stays	8	60	2202	1	stays
sways	11	55	1846	1	sways
ways	10	77	3795	1	ways
yays	10	57	2891	1	yays
aahs	7	164	2856	2	aahs
aals	4	99	4114	2	aals
aas	3	109	7539	2	_aas
abs	5	93	5607	2	_abs
abys	9	72	2188	2	abys
ads	4	97	5573	2	_ads
ags	4	75	5166	2	_ags
ahs	6	86	4482	2	_ahs
ais	3	90	8357	2	_ais
als	3	66	6302	2	_als
ars	3	76	7093	2	_ars
as	2	110	8307	2	_a_s
asks	8	57	2121	2	asks
asps	6	56	2209	2	asps
ass	3	78	4406	2	_ass
assays	9	7	790	2	assays
ay	5	117	7389	2	_ay_
aye	6	71	5176	2	_aye
ayes	7	65	4351	2	_ayes
baas	6	68	4467	2	baas
bads	7	70	4886	2	bads
bags	7	66	4550	2	bags
bals	6	63	5404	2	bals
bams	8	70	4445	2	bams
bans	6	65	5513	2	bans
baps	8	60	4084	2	baps
bars	6	65	6409	2	bars
bas	5	86	8175	2	ba_s
bass	6	61	4678	2	bass
bats	6	69	6233	2	bats
bay	8	96	6164	2	bay_
beys	9	138	2955	2	beys
boys	9	67	3733	2	boys
brays	10	67	2311	2	brays
buys	9	57	2679	2	buys
bys	8	52	2946	2	_bys
cabs	8	67	3942	2	cabs
cads	7	61	4452	2	cads
cams	8	70	4728	2	cams
cans	6	50	5084	2	cans
caps	8	71	4789	2	caps
cars	6	73	6476	2	cars
cats	6	63	5634	2	cats
caws	9	60	3610	2	caws
cay	8	71	5598	2	cay_
chays	13	53	1974	2	chays
clays	10	55	2133	2	clays
coys	9	75	3724	2	coys
dabs	7	71	3940	2	dabs
dads	6	74	4277	2	dads
dags	6	66	4259	2	dags
dahs	8	82	3181	2	dahs
dais	5	70	4070	2	dais
daks	9	71	3060	2	daks
dals	5	71	4512	2	dals
dams	7	74	4437	2	dams
dans	5	67	4814	2	dans
daps	7	72	3916	2	daps
daws	8	66	3824	2	daws
day	7	62	5411	2	day_
deys	8	50	2747	2	deys
drays	9	58	1977	2	drays
drys	8	63	1480	2	drys
ears	4	63	5659	2	ears
easy	7	62	2449	2	easy
eats	4	70	5487	2	eats
essays	9	6	565	2	essays
eyas	7	64	2743	2	eyas
fabs	9	86	3586	2	fabs
fads	8	69	3987	2	fads
fags	8	69	3912	2	fags
fans	7	62	4736	2	fans
fas	6	82	6293	2	fa_s
fats	7	62	5250	2	fats
fay	9	74	5486	2	fay_
flays	11	63	2105	2	flays
foys	10	56	2829	2	foys
frays	11	69	2010	2	frays
gabs	7	67	4042	2	gabs
gads	6	78	4338	2	gads
gaes	5	63	4803	2	gaes
gags	6	64	4106	2	gags
gals	5	79	4650	2	gals
gams	7	66	4888	2	gams
gaps	7	60	4297	2	gaps
gars	5	57	5074	2	gars
gas	4	88	7025	2	ga_s
gats	5	67	5344	2	gats
gay	7	68	5649	2	gay_
goys	8	63	2841	2	goys
grays	9	56	2133	2	grays
guys	8	50	1964	2	guys
haes	7	76	5102	2	haes
hags	8	67	4084	2	hags
hahs	10	83	3336	2	hahs
hams	9	64	4613	2	hams
haps	9	64	4346	2	haps
has	6	73	7265	2	ha_s
hats	7	68	5825	2	hats
haws	10	64	3944	2	haws
hay	9	73	5877	2	hay_
hoys	10	77	3393	2	hoys
jabs	13	58	3009	2	jabs
jags	12	61	3279	2	jags
jams	13	52	3107	2	jams
jars	11	73	3835	2	jars
jaws	14	50	2729	2	jaws
jay	13	62	4267	2	jay_
joys	14	66	2466	2	joys
kaas	8	65	3184	2	kaas
kabs	10	71	3084	2	kabs
kaes	8	57	3406	2	kaes
kafs	11	64	2374	2	kafs
kas	7	70	5858	2	ka_s
kats	8	59	4433	2	kats
kay	10	67	4554	2	kay_
kayo	11	64	1755	2	kayo
kayos	12	77	1470	2	kayos
keys	11	63	2216	2	keys
labs	6	71	4512	2	labs
lacs	6	69	4248	2	lacs
lads	5	65	4913	2	lads
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lars	4	69	5657	2	lars
las	3	72	8147	2	la_s
lass	4	74	4454	2	lass
lats	4	59	6270	2	lats
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laws	7	64	4168	2	laws
lay	6	88	6535	2	lay_
leys	7	64	3018	2	leys
macs	8	67	4250	2	macs
mads	7	68	4536	2	mads
maes	6	69	4839	2	maes
mags	7	54	4452	2	mags
mans	6	63	5453	2	mans
maps	8	61	4104	2	maps
mars	6	62	6186	2	mars
mas	5	81	7581	2	ma_s
mass	6	60	4493	2	mass
mats	6	54	6028	2	mats
maws	9	64	3713	2	maws
may	8	87	5762	2	may_
maya	9	58	2458	2	maya
mayas	10	59	2438	2	mayas
mayo	9	65	2429	2	mayo
mayos	10	55	2193	2	mayos
mayst	10	66	2267	2	mayst
nabs	6	62	3619	2	nabs
nags	5	54	3602	2	nags
nans	4	61	3939	2	nans
naos	4	74	2973	2	naos
naps	6	62	3858	2	naps
nay	6	69	5277	2	nay_
oafs	7	64	2526	2	oafs
oaks	8	65	2790	2	oaks
oars	4	68	4603	2	oars
oats	4	65	5421	2	oats
ofays	11	48	892	2	ofays
okays	12	60	944	2	okays
pacs	8	58	4218	2	pacs
pads	7	67	4295	2	pads
pals	6	69	5135	2	pals
pams	8	56	4176	2	pams
pans	6	58	5572	2	pans
paps	8	64	4345	2	paps
pars	6	75	6079	2	pars
pas	5	87	7574	2	pa_s
pass	6	52	3995	2	pass
pats	6	64	6085	2	pats
paws	9	60	3818	2	paws
pay	8	84	6118	2	pay_
plays	10	63	2077	2	plays
prays	10	50	2243	2	prays
pyas	9	62	2570	2	pyas
qats	13	53	3134	2	qats
quays	17	46	1204	2	quays
rads	5	60	4660	2	rads
rags	5	54	4837	2	rags
rais	4	52	5262	2	rais
rams	6	59	5077	2	rams
raps	6	62	4773	2	raps
ras	3	75	7539	2	ra_s
rats	4	62	6037	2	rats
raws	7	52	3821	2	raws
ray	6	63	6199	2	ray_
raya	7	52	2482	2	raya
rayas	8	59	2205	2	rayas
resays	9	37	1415	2	resays
ryas	7	72	2461	2	ryas
sab	5	65	6320	2	sa_b
sabe	6	61	4057	2	sabe
sabes	7	64	3746	2	sabes
sac	5	74	5286	2	sa_c
sack	10	53	3731	2	sack
sacks	11	42	2887	2	sacks
sad	4	74	5920	2	sa_d
sade	5	55	4447	2	sade
sades	6	52	3989	2	sades
sadi	5	58	3464	2	sadi
sadis	6	49	3085	2	sadis
sae	3	83	6518	2	sa_e
safe	7	59	3095	2	safe
safes	8	52	2672	2	safes
sag	4	61	6340	2	sa_g
saga	5	53	3117	2	saga
sagas	6	60	2588	2	sagas
sage	5	50	4459	2	sage
sages	6	53	3906	2	sages
sago	5	63	3267	2	sago
sagos	6	61	2387	2	sagos
sagy	8	53	2708	2	sagy
said	5	57	4211	2	said
saids	6	53	2885	2	saids
sail	4	54	4716	2	sail
sails	5	57	3810	2	sails
sain	4	55	5129	2	sain
sains	5	56	3997	2	sains
sake	8	52	4496	2	sake
sakes	9	55	4075	2	sakes
saki	8	56	2847	2	saki
sakis	9	53	2366	2	sakis
sal	3	64	6288	2	sa_l
sale	4	49	5970	2	sale
sales	5	60	5559	2	sales
sall	4	45	4468	2	sall
salp	6	45	3409	2	salp
salps	7	44	2324	2	salps
salsa	5	67	1892	2	salsa
salt	4	57	5852	2	salt
salts	5	54	3188	2	salts
same	6	52	4564	2	same
samp	8	57	3359	2	samp
samps	9	61	2467	2	samps
sand	5	53	3846	2	sand
sands	6	52	2858	2	sands
sane	4	59	5433	2	sane
sanes	5	56	4907	2	sanes
sang	5	54	4122	2	sang
sank	8	52	3682	2	sank
sap	5	64	6323	2	sa_p
sard	5	53	4424	2	sard
sards	6	47	3618	2	sards
sari	4	54	4404	2	sari
saris	5	45	4495	2	saris
sark	8	49	3897	2	sark
sarks	9	66	3246	2	sarks
saros	5	52	3806	2	saros
sash	7	72	3530	2	sash
sassy	8	58	1381	2	sassy
sat	3	62	8848	2	sa_t
satays	9	44	1168	2	satays
sate	4	55	5610	2	sate
sates	5	49	4932	2	sates
sati	4	55	3932	2	sati
satis	5	56	3367	2	satis
satyr	8	4	848	2	satyr
satyrs	9	3	796	2	satyrs
sau	3	63	5657	2	sa_u
saul	4	58	3652	2	saul
sauls	5	51	2812	2	sauls
save	7	57	4136	2	save
saves	8	58	3863	2	saves
savoys	12	42	789	2	savoys
saw	6	82	5535	2	sa_w
sawn	7	54	2816	2	sawn
sax	10	74	4764	2	sa_x
saxes	12	52	2934	2	saxes
sayed	9	61	2714	2	sayed
sayeds	10	46	925	2	sayeds
sayer	8	49	2655	2	sayer
sayers	9	42	2159	2	sayers
sayest	9	42	1774	2	sayest
sayid	9	55	1672	2	sayid
sayids	10	43	1097	2	sayids
scabs	9	48	1864	2	scabs
scads	8	54	1995	2	scads
scags	8	55	2097	2	scags
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scans	7	46	2510	2	scans
scars	7	54	3353	2	scars
scats	7	59	3060	2	scats
seals	5	48	3969	2	seals
seams	7	57	3166	2	seams
sears	5	47	4491	2	sears
seas	4	57	5527	2	seas
seats	5	48	4434	2	seats
secs	6	50	3389	2	secs
sees	4	53	6105	2	sees
segs	5	49	3388	2	segs
seis	4	55	4239	2	seis
sels	4	63	4598	2	sels
sers	4	57	4665	2	sers
sets	4	55	4950	2	sets
sews	7	58	3602	2	sews
shads	9	51	2448	2	shads
shags	9	51	2386	2	shags
shahs	11	59	1951	2	shahs
shams	10	58	2941	2	shams
shaws	11	62	2626	2	shaws
shay	10	71	3334	2	shay_
shes	7	57	3435	2	shes
shy	9	67	2819	2	shy_
sials	5	42	2724	2	sials
sibs	6	59	3354	2	sibs
sics	6	52	3409	2	sics
sims	6	57	3717	2	sims
sins	4	67	5527	2	sins
sips	6	57	4010	2	sips
sirs	4	43	3833	2	sirs
sis	3	73	6054	2	s_is
sits	4	50	5020	2	sits
skags	10	43	1607	2	skags
skas	8	53	2571	2	skas
skats	9	46	2153	2	skats
skis	8	48	2528	2	skis
sky	10	64	2099	2	sky_
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slags	6	65	2590	2	slags
slams	7	49	2790	2	slams
slaps	7	60	2571	2	slaps
slats	5	54	3690	2	slats
slaws	8	52	2271	2	slaws
slay	7	64	3638	2	slay_
sly	6	62	2856	2	sly_
snags	6	44	2131	2	snags
snaps	7	47	1956	2	snaps
snaws	8	61	1636	2	snaws
snye	7	71	1549	2	snye
snyes	8	50	1275	2	snyes
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soaps	7	51	2071	2	soaps
soars	5	47	3251	2	soars
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sods	5	49	4021	2	sods
sols	4	54	4816	2	sols
soms	6	62	3937	2	soms
sons	4	60	4955	2	sons
sops	6	52	4456	2	sops
sos	3	77	6160	2	s_os
sots	4	55	5244	2	sots
sous	4	69	4721	2	sous
sows	7	53	4249	2	sows
soy	6	78	5145	2	soy_
soya	7	57	2443	2	soya
soyas	8	45	2091	2	soyas
spaes	7	60	2997	2	spaes
spams	9	49	2219	2	spams
spans	7	45	2873	2	spans
spars	7	54	3154	2	spars
spas	6	70	3672	2	spas
spats	7	50	3138	2	spats
spay	9	66	3166	2	spay_
splays	11	49	1087	2	splays
sprays	11	59	1364	2	sprays
spy	8	60	2374	2	spy_
sris	4	54	3415	2	sris
stabs	7	62	2138	2	stabs
stags	6	62	2674	2	stags
stars	5	58	3657	2	stars
stats	5	59	3336	2	stats
stay	7	83	3372	2	stay_
strays	9	64	1793	2	strays
sty	6	62	2731	2	sty_
stye	7	62	1897	2	stye
styes	8	63	1652	2	styes
subs	6	60	3712	2	subs
suds	5	61	3529	2	suds
sues	4	62	4765	2	sues
suks	8	59	2712	2	suks
sums	6	58	3758	2	sums
suns	4	58	4190	2	suns
sups	6	48	3443	2	sups
suqs	13	43	1965	2	suqs
suss	4	52	2930	2	suss
swabs	10	58	1727	2	swabs
swags	9	49	2125	2	swags
swans	8	46	2501	2	swans
swaps	10	48	1920	2	swaps
swats	8	57	2686	2	swats
sway	10	71	2823	2	sway_
syn	6	70	2412	2	s_yn
tabs	6	68	4298	2	tabs
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tags	5	55	4523	2	tags
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tans	4	61	5481	2	tans
taos	4	55	4100	2	taos
taps	6	60	5067	2	taps
tars	4	67	6395	2	tars
tas	3	84	7710	2	ta_s
tass	4	56	4057	2	tass
tats	4	68	5813	2	tats
taus	4	63	4273	2	taus
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taws	7	56	4159	2	taws
toys	7	80	3634	2	toys
trays	8	56	2343	2	trays
tsars	5	67	1710	2	tsars
unsays	9	39	954	2	unsays
vacs	9	62	2620	2	vacs
vans	7	62	3672	2	vans
vars	7	57	4207	2	vars
vas	6	77	5577	2	va_s
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vaus	7	59	2892	2	vaus
vavs	10	57	2043	2	vavs
vaws	10	55	2732	2	vaws
wabs	9	73	3723	2	wabs
wads	8	73	4314	2	wads
waes	7	60	4860	2	waes
wags	8	61	4055	2	wags
wans	7	64	5226	2	wans
waps	9	66	4208	2	waps
wars	7	86	5980	2	wars
was	6	87	6756	2	wa_s
wats	7	75	5588	2	wats
waws	10	68	3490	2	waws
way	9	67	5766	2	way_
whys	13	70	1166	2	whys
yags	8	66	3229	2	yags
yaks	11	60	2520	2	yaks
yams	9	53	3073	2	yams
yaps	9	59	3352	2	yaps
yaws	10	55	3121	2	yaws
yay	9	69	4871	2	yay_
zags	14	68	2668	2	zags
zaps	15	68	2689	2	zaps
zas	12	69	4683	2	za_s

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	29872	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	464	0.986	30296.1
3	Display Results	464	464	0.106	4377.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	464	1.155	154710.8