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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 “taxpaying” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
taxpaying224234(None) 
taxpayings234951taxpayings
taxying1836182tax__ying
allaying12339303_allaying
applying1634653_applying
arraying1238753_arraying
assaying1236003_assaying
naysaying1642983naysaying
nonpaying1545713nonpaying
palpating1438533palpating
parlaying1537303parlaying
paying123722163___paying
prepaying1747973prepaying
rampaging1544513rampaging
repaying142712393_repaying
sashaying1644593sashaying
spaying133014623__spaying
tabbying1633973ta_bbying
tallaging1146483tallaging
tallying12318833ta_llying
tampering1438453tampering
tamping122815813tamp__ing
tamponing1445993tamponing
tapering112112503ta_pering
taping94222393ta_p__ing
tapping123317133ta_p_ping
tarrying12146723ta_rrying
taxiing1535723tax__iing
taxing143816713tax___ing
taxpaid1743093taxpa_i_d
taxpayer2041813taxpay_er
taxpayers2141893taxpayers
trophying1844713trophying
unpaying1456943_unpaying
waylaying1953103waylaying

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641356.56022658.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691356.99925530.9
 
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