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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “byway” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
byway	16	4	753	(None)
byways	17	3	467	1	byways
alway	11	61	1392	2	alway
anyway	15	3	480	2	anyway
away	10	80	2422	2	_away
bawdy	14	75	1328	2	bawdy
bawty	13	56	1410	2	bawty
bay	8	96	6164	2	b__ay
belay	10	50	2152	2	belay
bewray	14	14	773	2	bewray
bray	9	52	3290	2	b_ray
bylaw	13	40	860	2	bylaw
byplay	16	3	419	2	byplay
flyway	18	13	469	2	flyway
keyway	19	4	382	2	keyway
noway	11	11	1284	2	noway
skyway	19	3	334	2	skyway
sway	10	71	2823	2	_sway
way	9	67	5766	2	__way
yay	9	69	4871	2	_y_ay

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	53800	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	20	1.593	33772.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	1.702	104988.8