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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 “foldaways” 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.

25 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
foldaways194206(None) 
foldaway1842431foldaway_
fallaways1843162fallaways
flyaways2042812f_lyaways
folkways2143142fol_kways
foodways1844292food_ways
rollaways1542592rollaways
colorways1743723colorways
fadeaways1942233fadeaways
fallaway1743903fallaway_
flatways1744323f_latways
floodways1942283floodways
flyaway1943163f_lyaway_
flyways19133853f_l_yways
foldboats1543713foldboats
folkway2043353fol_kway_
footways1744873fo_otways
roadways1564613road_ways
rockaways2142153rockaways
rollaway1443263rollaway_
rollways1444233rol_lways
tollways1444133tol_lways
towaways1743633to_waways
walkaways2242313walkaways
wellaways1873163wellaways

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit148641259.17316204.2
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691259.65218513.4
 
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