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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 “fallaways” 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.

45 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
fallaways184316(None) 
fallaway1743901fallaway_
fadeaways1942232fadeaways
flyaways2042812f_lyaways
foldaways1942062foldaways
hallways1745422hall_ways
rollaways1542592rollaways
walkaways2242312walkaways
wellaways1873162wellaways
allays94313743_all__ays
alleyways1852283_alleyways
always12409133_a_l_ways
areaways1444483_areaways
baklawas1743213baklawa_s
cableways1943023cableways
caraways1636953ca_raways
castaways1743673castaways
cellarways1851823cellarways
fadeaway1842653fadeaway_
fairways1743873fa_irways
falbalas1345473falbala_s
fallacies1446833fallacies
fallacy1536433falla_cy_
fallals103310193fall__als
fallows133713973fallow__s
faradays1544273fa_radays
faraway1645413fa_raway_
flatways1744323f_latways
flyaway1943163f_lyaway_
flyways19133853f__lyways
foldaway1842433foldaway_
folkways2143143f_olkways
hallway1636173hall_way_
layaways1743403la_yaways
paleways1645833pa_leways
railways1444603rail_ways
rollaway1443263rollaway_
rollways1444233roll_ways
scallawags1661483scallawags
takeaways1942453takeaways
tollways1444133toll_ways
walkaway2142643walkaway_
walkways2143213wa_lkways
welladays1672153welladays
wellaway1773713wellaway_

Search took 7 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 Limit148641456.20323962.8
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691456.63926915.3
 
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