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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 “trainways” 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.

32 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
trainways154302(None) 
trainway1444221trainway_
railways1444602_railways
trackways21103432trackways
tramways1643722tra_mways
airways1336243__airways
brainiacs1343773brainiacs
brainpans1343313brainpans
brainwash1742663brainwash
crawlways2041653crawlways
fairways1743873_fairways
gainsays1243513_gainsays
greenways1643433greenways
raceways1645233_raceways
railway1345313_railway_
rainwash1443063_rainwash
runways13134443_r_unways
stairways1582403stairways
taxiways2142643t_axiways
tearaways1542973tearaways
trackway20113783trackway_
trainband1243123trainband
trainbands1352663trainbands
trainees82712073train_ees
trainers83114653train_ers
trainfuls1243963trainfuls
trainings10246733trainings
trainloads1152393trainloads
trainman1046233trainma_n
trains64725343train___s
tramway1544863tra_mway_
trangams1147203tra_ngams

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641328.09318366.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.54520911.8
 
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