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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 “wasteways” 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.

31 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
wasteways184311(None) 
wasteway1743311wasteway_
castaways1743672castaways
gateways1544612ga_teways
waterways1845092wa_terways
aisleways1542103aisleways
cableways1943023cableways
castaway1664573castaway_
causeways1742743causeways
gateway1434933ga_teway_
laneways1444573la_neways
leastways1542313least_ways
paleways1645833pa_leways
pathways1944273pa_thways
raceways1645233ra_ceways
routeways1543153routeways
walkaways2242313walkaways
walkways2143213wa_lkways
washdays1842863was_hdays
wasteland1343073wasteland
wastelands1442893wastelands
wastelots12104033wastelots
wasteries121115343wasteries
wasters104026593waste__rs
wastery134610993waste_ry_
wastes96224883waste___s
wastewater16143003wastewater
wastewaters17142503wastewaters
waterway1745563wa_terway_
widthways2251793widthways
wireways1745833w_ireways

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 Limit148641317.25020502.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.68623248.9
 
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