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

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

23 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
hatchways234266(None) 
hatchway2243291hatchway_
archways1944062_archways
pathways1944272pat_hways
archway1844893_archway_
chatchkas23172783chatchka_s
datchas1347423datch_a_s
gateways1544613gat_eways
hallways1745423ha_llways
hatchback2563313hatchback
hatchbacks2683083hatchbacks
hatchecks2343593hatchecks
hatchels16368673hatch_els
hatchers163113173hatch_ers
hatchery19326383hatchery_
hatches153420273hatch__es
hatchets163310383hatch_ets
hatchings18225673hatchings
highways2144123h_ighways
latchkeys2141873latchkeys
pathway1844853pat_hway_
raceways1645233ra_ceways
waterways1845093waterways

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641236.84621712.1
3Display Results23230.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691237.26624592.8