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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 “rollaways” 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.

28 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
rollaways154259(None) 
rollaway1443261rollaway_
rollways1444231roll_ways
fallaways1843162fallaways
foldaways1942062foldaways
rockaways2142152rockaways
rollway1344652roll_way_
tollways1444132toll_ways
wellaways1873162wellaways
cellarways1851823cellarways
colorways1743723colorways
fallaway1743903fallaway_
flyaways2042813_flyaways
foldaway1842433foldaway_
folkways2143143fo_lkways
hallways1745423hall_ways
oilways1334873_oil_ways
railways1444603rail_ways
roadways1564613ro_adways
rockaway2042343rockaway_
ropeways1644053ro_peways
routeways1543153routeways
runaways1442853r_unaways
tollway1344793toll_way_
towaways1743633to_waways
walkaways2242313walkaways
welladays1672153welladays
wellaway1773723wellaway_

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641286.29623608.8
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.75226464.9
 
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