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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 “roadway” 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.

64 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
roadway146461(None) 
roadways1564611roadways
headway1745552headway
rollway1344652rollway
ropeway1544772ropeway
woadwax2142172woadwax
alway116113923__alway
areaway1335913area_way
away108024223__a_way
broadax1744453broad_ax
broadly1337153broad_ly
cogway1566183co_gway
crossway1643853crossway
doorway1444243doorway
floodway1842683floodway
foldaway1842433foldaway
folkway2043353folkway
foodways1844293foodways
footway1635253footway
headways1845003headways
logway1335913lo_gway
midway15327153_midway
noway111112843no__way
oilway1235743_oilway
raceway1546133raceway
radar61316723r_ad_ar
radial74020393r_adial
radian74117273r_adian
railway1345313railway
rawly115115833r_a_wly
readily11711403readily
ready94821503read__y
redbay1238333r_edbay
road56332113road___
roadbed1134793roadbed
roadeo7510323road_eo
roadeos837413roadeos
roadie72813813road_ie
roadies83317443roadies
roads66523623road__s
roadwork1645473roadwork
rockaway2042343rockaway
rodman949713ro_dman
rollaway1443263rollaway
rollways1444233rollways
rondeau846813rondeau
ropeways1644053ropeways
rosebay12135773rosebay
routeway1443413routeway
rowan85418733ro__wan
rowdily1436083rowdily
rowdy125711533ro__wdy
runaway1343683runaway
runway12105973r_unway
seaway12309993sea_way
skidway1843083skidway
someway1545613someway
toady96814343toad__y
today96416953to_d_ay
tollway1344793tollway
towaway1644153towaway
tramway1544863tramway
windway1745153windway
woodwax2143473woodwax

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027646.62320236.6
3Display Results64640.0164000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691647.04525364.2
 
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