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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 “foodways” 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.

57 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
foodways184429(None) 
floodways1942281floodways
footways1744871footways
doorways1544042doorways
floodway1842682floodway_
foldaways1942062foldaways
folkways2143142folkways
footway1635252footway_
roadways1564612roadways
bendways1743733bendways
cogways1634633_cogways
colorways1743723colorways
doodads1035093dood_ads
doorway1444243doorway_
endways1444443_endways
fairways1743873fairways
fishways2043643fishways
flatways1744323flatways
floodwall1652083floodwall
floodwalls1752043floodwalls
flyaways2042813flyaways
flyways19133853f_lyways
foldaway1842433foldaway_
folkway2043353folkway_
foodies113416753food_ies
foodless12338383foodless
foods95924163food___s
footbags1444523footbags
footboys1644333footboys
footpads1443983footpads
footwall1444523footwall
footwalls1544383footwalls
forays124813003f_o_rays
forebays1637263forebays
freeways1744723freeways
goodbys14354173good_bys
goombays1642823goombays
headways1845003headways
hoorays13418383hoo_rays
logways1434513_logways
longways1543873longways
midways16386183_midways
motorways1742873motorways
noondays1242883noondays
noways12127733_no_ways
oilways1334873_oilways
roadway1464613roadway_
rollways1444233rollways
ropeways1644053ropeways
skidways1942823skidways
someways1644833someways
todays10458103_tod_ays
tollways1444133tollways
towaways1743633towaways
windways1845043windways
woodwax2143473woodwa_x
woodwaxes2343103woodwaxes

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162577.98318309.2
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691578.45221141.9
 
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