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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 “spray” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

113 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
spray10672006(None) 
pray96331531_pray
spay96631661sp_ay
splay105816041splay
sprag86418691sprag
sprat76635971sprat
sprays115913641sprays
spry96819121spr_y
stray88525571stray
array86317142array
astray95615542astray
bray95232902_bray
deray95024182deray
dray85428092_dray
estray95713332estray
foray115023972foray
fray105428902_fray
gray85329892_gray
moray105423792moray
osprey1134882osprey
pay88461182_p_ay
play95928982_play
pram85733492_pram
prao66229022_prao
prat65952042_prat
prau66529472_prau
prays105022432_prays
prey96228482_prey
pry85728052_pr_y
ray66361992__ray
respray1236502respray
saran53730302saran
sarky125521782sarky
satay84718462satay
say67264762s__ay
scary105222592scary
scrag85916172scrag
scram910621622scram
scrap97120402scrap
scry96017762scr_y
sera46141392sera_
serac75925202serac
serai56830162serai
seral56336382seral
serry84824122serry
shay107133342s_hay
slay76436382s_lay
sora45746912sora_
soras55041012soras
sorry84618252sorry
spa55730812sp_a_
spacy125415622spacy
spae65034322sp_ae
spam85930042sp_am
span65234662sp_an
spar65433302sp_ar
spare75135562spare
spark114920892spark
sparky154511522sparky
sparry115111302sparry
spars75431542spars
spas67036722sp_as
spat66548522sp_at
spays105520512sp_ays
spaz155626162sp_az
speak114618672speak
spean74620512spean
spear75821062spear
spicy125417712spicy
spiky146014112spiky
spiny104921302spiny
spiral83715342spiral
spiry105017352spiry
splat76129342splat
splays114910872splays
sporal82915452sporal
sporty115112492sporty
sprags95715822sprags
sprain83614862sprain
sprang95713522sprang
sprats85819932sprats
sprawl11188062sprawl
sprawly15166042sprawly
sprayed13398902sprayed
sprayer12369042sprayer
spread9312532spread
spree74830862spree
sprig85617742sprig
sprit76736402sprit
sprucy13356322sprucy
sprue74717632sprue
sprug85313892sprug
spryly1435512spryly
spumy124610362spumy
spurry11429122spurry
spy86023742sp__y
stay78333722s_tay
strap77925262strap
straw813321292straw
strawy1210312822strawy
strays96417932strays
stroy87720392stroy
sunray9310122sunray
supra73614252supra_
sura45740292sura_
surah86823252surah
sural55931262sural
suras55336332suras
surfy115319472surfy
surgy95118522surgy
surly85124432surly
sway107128232s_way
tray77632592_tray

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001131.62333148.5
3Display Results1131130.0333424.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911131.95291542.5
 
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