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

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

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
ways	10	77	3795	(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	3220	1	kays
lays	7	60	4325	1	lays
mays	9	69	4003	1	mays
nays	7	59	3159	1	nays
pays	9	59	4022	1	pays
rays	7	76	4235	1	rays
says	7	59	4210	1	says
sways	11	55	1846	1	sways
wabs	9	73	3723	1	wabs
wads	8	73	4315	1	wads
waes	7	60	4860	1	waes
wags	8	61	4055	1	wags
wans	7	64	5227	1	wans
waps	9	66	4208	1	waps
wars	7	86	5980	1	wars
was	6	87	6756	1	wa_s
wats	7	75	5588	1	wats
waws	10	68	3490	1	waws
way	9	67	5766	1	way_
whys	13	70	1166	1	whys
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	5574	2	_ads
ags	4	75	5166	2	_ags
ahs	6	86	4482	2	_ahs
ais	3	90	8358	2	_ais
als	3	66	6302	2	_als
always	12	40	913	2	always
ars	3	76	7093	2	_ars
as	2	110	8307	2	_a_s
ass	3	78	4406	2	_ass
away	10	80	2422	2	away_
awes	7	60	3755	2	awes
awls	7	59	2609	2	awls
awns	7	53	2443	2	awns
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	4887	2	bads
bags	7	66	4550	2	bags
bals	6	63	5404	2	bals
bams	8	70	4445	2	bams
bans	6	65	5514	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
byways	17	3	467	2	byways
cabs	8	67	3942	2	cabs
cads	7	61	4453	2	cads
cams	8	70	4728	2	cams
cans	6	50	5085	2	cans
caps	8	71	4789	2	caps
cars	6	73	6476	2	cars
cats	6	63	5634	2	cats
caws	9	60	3611	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	4278	2	dads
dags	6	66	4260	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	4815	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
eyas	7	64	2743	2	eyas
fabs	9	86	3586	2	fabs
fads	8	69	3988	2	fads
fags	8	69	3912	2	fags
fans	7	62	4737	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	4339	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	3185	2	kaas
kabs	10	71	3085	2	kabs
kaes	8	57	3407	2	kaes
kafs	11	64	2375	2	kafs
kas	7	70	5859	2	ka_s
kats	8	59	4434	2	kats
kay	10	67	4555	2	kay_
kayo	11	64	1756	2	kayo
kayos	12	77	1470	2	kayos
keys	11	63	2217	2	keys
labs	6	71	4512	2	labs
lacs	6	69	4248	2	lacs
lads	5	65	4914	2	lads
lags	5	65	4622	2	lags
lams	6	65	5226	2	lams
laps	6	68	4887	2	laps
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
lavs	7	67	3415	2	lavs
laws	7	64	4168	2	laws
lay	6	88	6535	2	lay_
leys	7	64	3018	2	leys
macs	8	67	4251	2	macs
mads	7	68	4538	2	mads
maes	6	69	4840	2	maes
mags	7	54	4453	2	mags
mans	6	63	5455	2	mans
maps	8	61	4105	2	maps
mars	6	62	6187	2	mars
mas	5	81	7582	2	ma_s
mass	6	60	4494	2	mass
mats	6	54	6029	2	mats
maws	9	64	3714	2	maws
may	8	87	5763	2	may_
maya	9	58	2459	2	maya
mayas	10	59	2438	2	mayas
mayo	9	65	2430	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	3940	2	nans
naos	4	74	2973	2	naos
naps	6	62	3858	2	naps
nay	6	69	5277	2	nay_
noways	12	12	773	2	noways
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	4296	2	pads
pals	6	69	5135	2	pals
pams	8	56	4176	2	pams
pans	6	58	5573	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	4661	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
ryas	7	72	2461	2	ryas
sabs	6	66	4374	2	sabs
sacs	6	57	3907	2	sacs
sags	5	59	4840	2	sags
sals	4	68	5167	2	sals
sans	4	51	5336	2	sans
saps	6	53	4637	2	saps
sass	4	50	3562	2	sass
saws	7	58	3948	2	saws
say	6	72	6476	2	say_
sayst	8	53	2200	2	sayst
shays	11	60	2143	2	shays
slays	8	57	2368	2	slays
soys	7	52	3393	2	soys
spays	10	55	2051	2	spays
stays	8	60	2202	2	stays
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_
tabs	6	68	4298	2	tabs
tads	5	71	4395	2	tads
tags	5	55	4524	2	tags
tams	6	72	4793	2	tams
tans	4	61	5483	2	tans
taos	4	55	4100	2	taos
taps	6	60	5068	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
tavs	7	56	3097	2	tavs
taws	7	56	4159	2	taws
toys	7	80	3634	2	toys
trays	8	56	2343	2	trays
twaes	8	65	1366	2	twaes
twas	7	68	2408	2	twa_s
twats	8	66	1660	2	twats
vacs	9	62	2620	2	vacs
vans	7	62	3674	2	vans
vars	7	57	4207	2	vars
vas	6	77	5577	2	va_s
vats	7	68	4174	2	vats
vaus	7	59	2892	2	vaus
vavs	10	57	2043	2	vavs
vaws	10	55	2732	2	vaws
wab	8	70	5183	2	wa_b
wack	13	53	3091	2	wack
wacks	14	66	2628	2	wacks
wad	7	70	5390	2	wa_d
wade	8	52	3707	2	wade
wades	9	56	3414	2	wades
wadi	8	62	2818	2	wadi
wadis	9	52	2396	2	wadis
wady	11	53	2500	2	wady
wae	6	75	5695	2	wa_e
waff	13	42	2804	2	waff
waffs	14	63	1547	2	waffs
waft	10	61	3900	2	waft
wafts	11	69	2055	2	wafts
wag	7	64	5175	2	wa_g
wage	8	48	3408	2	wage
wages	9	53	3093	2	wages
waif	10	58	3675	2	waif
waifs	11	57	1987	2	waifs
wail	7	52	3882	2	wail
wails	8	66	3148	2	wails
wain	7	58	4020	2	wain
wains	8	69	3087	2	wains
wair	7	58	3005	2	wair
wairs	8	64	2406	2	wairs
waist	8	61	3238	2	waist
wait	7	55	5369	2	wait
waits	8	83	3352	2	waits
wake	11	49	3570	2	wake
wakes	12	66	3365	2	wakes
wale	7	45	4644	2	wale
wales	8	61	4284	2	wales
walk	11	56	2561	2	walk
walks	12	62	1850	2	walks
wall	7	62	3610	2	wall
walls	8	55	2938	2	walls
waly	10	58	3090	2	waly
wame	9	50	3548	2	wame
wames	10	64	3280	2	wames
wamus	10	55	1468	2	wamus
wan	6	67	6194	2	wa_n
wand	8	58	3388	2	wand
wands	9	64	2548	2	wands
wane	7	63	4472	2	wane
wanes	8	50	4088	2	wanes
wank	11	56	3251	2	wank
wanks	12	61	2448	2	wanks
want	7	61	5617	2	want
wants	8	79	3221	2	wants
wany	10	64	3236	2	wany
wap	8	65	5337	2	wa_p
war	6	72	6242	2	wa_r
ward	8	65	4225	2	ward
wards	9	77	3440	2	wards
ware	7	62	5472	2	ware
wares	8	82	5058	2	wares
wark	11	57	3777	2	wark
warks	12	79	3240	2	warks
warm	9	59	3567	2	warm
warms	10	77	2685	2	warms
warn	7	52	3932	2	warn
warns	8	72	3100	2	warns
warp	9	56	3500	2	warp
warps	10	71	2642	2	warps
wart	7	78	6608	2	wart
warts	8	148	4040	2	warts
wary	10	67	4001	2	wary
wash	10	60	3381	2	wash
wasp	9	56	2685	2	wasp
wasps	10	67	1469	2	wasps
wast	7	56	5585	2	wast
wasts	8	74	3367	2	wasts
wat	6	73	7892	2	wa_t
watt	7	55	4541	2	watt
watts	8	69	2309	2	watts
wauk	11	52	2059	2	wauk
wauks	12	55	1516	2	wauks
waul	7	69	2731	2	waul
wauls	8	61	2055	2	wauls
waur	7	68	1990	2	waur
wave	10	52	3473	2	wave
waves	11	56	3392	2	waves
waveys	15	59	701	2	waveys
wavy	13	66	2047	2	wavy
waw	9	70	4638	2	wa_w
wawl	10	53	2194	2	wawl
wawls	11	54	1647	2	wawls
wax	13	70	4118	2	wa_x
waxes	15	58	2550	2	waxes
waxy	17	59	1820	2	waxy
weals	8	54	2874	2	weals
weans	8	53	2674	2	weans
wears	8	60	3030	2	wears
webs	9	66	2212	2	webs
weds	8	66	2894	2	weds
wees	7	62	4912	2	wees
wens	7	63	3793	2	wens
wets	7	59	4029	2	wets
whams	13	55	1564	2	whams
whaps	13	51	1516	2	whaps
whats	11	77	1899	2	whats
wheys	14	59	1155	2	wheys
why	12	69	2001	2	why_
wigs	8	49	3126	2	wigs
wins	7	59	4918	2	wins
wis	6	65	5234	2	w_is
wiss	7	56	3055	2	wiss
wits	7	60	4488	2	wits
woads	9	48	1844	2	woads
woes	7	64	4066	2	woes
wogs	8	65	3140	2	wogs
woks	11	62	2490	2	woks
wons	7	49	4204	2	wons
woos	7	62	3880	2	woos
wops	9	66	3415	2	wops
wos	6	69	5353	2	w_os
wots	7	63	4289	2	wots
wows	10	46	3349	2	wows
wraps	10	56	1715	2	wraps
wry	9	65	2470	2	wry_
wuss	7	52	1933	2	wuss
wye	9	63	3197	2	w_ye
wyes	10	57	2750	2	wyes
wyn	9	59	2144	2	w_yn
wyns	10	57	1703	2	wyns
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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	406	0.860	34734.9
3	Display Results	406	406	0.093	4365.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	406	1.266	141146.1