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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 “halfway” 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.

63 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
halfway194376(None) 
hallway1636171hallway
alway116113922_al_way
hallways1745422hallways
walkway2043372walkway
affray1534973_affray
airway1237693_airway
alfa77624273_alf_a_
alfas87219043_alf_as
allay85620393_al_lay
always12409133_al_ways
anyway1534803_anyway
away108024223_a__way
beltway1564373beltway
cableway1843323cableway
caraway1538133caraway
fairway1644333fairway
fallaway1743903fallaway
faraway1645413faraway
flyway18134693_flyway
folkway2043353folkway
gangway1544233gangway
gateway1434933gateway
halakah17517963halakah
halal85623593hal__al
halala94715093halala_
halalah13429393halalah
halalas104214083halalas
halavah16447023halavah
half106238453half___
halfback2244243halfback
halfbeak2042373halfbeak
hallah124115403hal_lah
hallal94415563hal_lal
halloa94918123halloa_
halloas104318463halloas
halma108219253hal_ma_
halmas117017893hal_mas
halva115414433hal_va_
halvah15499833hal_vah
halvas124714173hal_vas
haniwa1236743haniwa_
hatchway2243293hatchway
headway1745553headway
highway2044263highway
holiday1436143holiday
holyday1743773holyday
laneway1345273laneway
layaway1643933layaway
oilway1235743oil_way
paleways1645833paleways
palfrey1533343palfrey
parkway1934553parkway
partway1535923partway
pathway1844853pathway
raceway1546133raceway
railway1345313railway
rollway1344653rollway
taxiway2043463taxiway
thataway1742953thataway
tollway1344793tollway
walkaway2142643walkaway
walkways2143213walkways

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit134027637.15618729.3
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691637.57523589.6
 
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