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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 “swaying” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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102 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
swaying14361064(None) 
saying104325541s_aying
slaying113316841slaying
spaying133014621spaying
staying114017321staying
swaging124210631swaging
assaying1236002assaying
awaking1547812awaking
baying125222582_baying
braying134416312braying
claying133614302claying
draying123813842draying
essaying1235032essaying
faying134521072_faying
flaying143914462flaying
fraying143413432fraying
graying124115882graying
haying134420612_haying
laying104525702_laying
maying124421152_maying
okaying1534832okaying
paying123722162_paying
playing133816092playing
praying133717322praying
raying105027192_raying
saning75127642s_aning
sating74735452s_ating
saving104724512s_aving
sawing104323812s_awing
sayings113610832s_ayings
scaling103519372scaling
scaping123715692scaping
scaring103421972scaring
scrying1338662scrying
sealing83528562sealing
seaming103222112seaming
searing83330922searing
seating84130682seating
shading123115562shading
shaking153317252shaking
shaming133016742shaming
shaping133116182shaping
sharing113723242sharing
shaving143414332shaving
shawing143514882shawing
shying134211842s_hying
skating123613852skating
skying14399982s_kying
slaking123717472slaking
slating83724652slating
slaving113514832slaving
snaking123915302snaking
snaring83920952snaring
snawing113612482snawing
soaking123116612soaking
soaping103616222soaping
soaring83521892soaring
spacing123614492spacing
spading113114382spading
spaeing103413542spaeing
sparing104823872sparing
splaying14219302splaying
spraying14299882spraying
spying123913252s_pying
staging93818372staging
staking123919802staking
staling83925422staling
staning83922242staning
staring84527052staring
stating83725162stating
staving113915702staving
straying122912692straying
stying105414572s_tying
subwaying1843872subwaying
swabbing16246452swabbing
swagging14328092swagging
swain84919052swa_in_
swains94513952swa_ins
swamping16307922swamping
swang95519722swa__ng
swanking16399962swanking
swanning12338812swanning
swapping16348672swapping
swarding1359002swarding
swarming1458222swarming
swashing15369742swashing
swathing15248712swathing
swatting12309592swatting
swearing123711442swearing
sweating123213022sweating
swing96124842sw__ing
swiping13319822swiping
swiving14358952swiving
wading114619532_wading
waging114318382_waging
waking144821382_waking
waling104525302_waling
waning103623802_waning
waring105029442_waring
waving134018202_waving
waxing174215282_waxing
wrying13379622_wrying

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit1076711023.45331181.9
3Display Results1021020.0303400.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911023.93645399.1
 
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