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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forgiveaway” 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.

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 WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
giveaway184190(None) 
giveaways1951711giveaways
hideaway1842712hideaway
areaway1335913_areaway
bikeway1944313bike_way
driveway1841993drive_way
fadeaway1842653fadeaway
gateway1434933gate_way
getaway1444013g_etaway
giveable14155753giveable
greenway1543853greenway
guideway1642433guide_way
hereaway1743683hereaway
hideaways1942463hideaways
lifeway1644273life_way
seaway12309993__seaway
sideway1445673side_way
takeaway1843053takeaway
tideway1445153tide_way
wireway1646043wire_way

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 Filter1786911461620.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit146162206.73621698.6
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691206.88925938.6