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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 “fadeaways” 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.

30 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
fadeaways194223(None) 
fadeaway1842651fadeaway_
areaways1444482_areaways
fallaways1843162fallaways
hideaways1942462hideaways
takeaways1942452takeaways
areaway1335913_areaway_
caraways1636953ca_raways
castaways1743673castaways
fairways1743873fa_irways
fallaway1743903fallaway_
faradays1544273fa_radays
faraway1645413fa_raway_
flyaways2042813f_lyaways
foldaways1942063foldaways
freeways1744723f_reeways
gateways1544613gate_ways
giveaways1951713giveaways
hereaways1842763hereaways
hideaway1842713hideaway_
laneways1444573lane_ways
layaways1743403la_yaways
paleways1645833pale_ways
raceways1645233race_ways
seaways13307513__seaways
sideways1545233side_ways
takeaway1843053takeaway_
tideways1544563tide_ways
walkaways2242313walkaways
waterways1845093waterways

Search took 9 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 Limit148641307.65619415.0
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691308.09222082.4
 
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