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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 “unlay” 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.

60 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
unlay8461370(None) 
inlay85214321inlay
onlay84212941onlay
unlays93810491unlays
unsay83212841unsay
allay85620392allay
anlas55626932anlas
belay105021522belay
clay95927412_clay
cullay113910172cullay
delay94820632delay
flay106332802_flay
gunplay1343232gunplay
inlays9389872inlays
inly75622212inl_y
lay68865352__lay
nay66952772_n_ay
onlays9398712onlays
only75319722onl_y
outlay92711792outlay
play95928982_play
relay84424672relay
runway12105972runway
slay76436382_slay
splay105816042splay
sunray9310122sunray
ugly86012382ugl_y
uhlan849112uhlan
ulan46527392u_lan
ulna46317332ulna_
ulnad65611452ulnad
ulnae55214572ulnae
ulnar56013982ulnar
ulnas55716532ulnas
unai44824782un_ai
unary8315992unary
unau43924152un_au
unban72114332unban
unbar71913612unbar
uncap9312282uncap
unclad938912unclad
uncoy104111412uncoy
undy85015162un_dy
uneasy9278852uneasy
unhat81119262unhat
unify113611112unify
unity84918492unity
unjam1448722unjam
unlace82215172unlace
unlade72714152unlade
unlaid7311752unlaid
unlash938792unlash
unlead73312372unlead
unled64021072unled
unlet54133332unlet
unlit55025462unlit
unload73010802unload
unman72715422unman
unsays9399542unsays
unwary1239822unwary

Search took 5 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 Filter178691538000.626285448.9
2DLD Change Limit53800603.37315950.2
3Display Results60600.0331818.2
 (SQL Overall)178691604.03244318.2
 
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