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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 “causeways” 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.

27 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
causeways174274(None) 
causeway1643251causeway_
cableways1943022cableways
causewayed1951002causewayed
causeys12387222cause__ys
aisleways1542103_aisleways
cableway1843323cableway_
caraways1636953ca_raways
cassenas10317483cassena_s
castaways1743673castaways
causals91411183caus__als
causeless1135193causeless
causeries11510643causeries
causers94014793cause__rs
causes88026473cause___s
causewaying2051003causewaying
causey113513273cause__y_
crossways1743413crossways
cutaways1643813c_utaways
cycleways2262203cycleways
gateways1544613ga_teways
laneways1444573la_neways
nauseas735993nause_a_s
paleways1645833pa_leways
raceways1645233ra_ceways
routeways1543153routeways
wasteways1843113wasteways

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 Limit148641276.47022973.9
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.90625874.7
 
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