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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 “cableways” 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
cableways194302(None) 
cableway1843321cableway_
causeways1742742causeways
cycleways2262202cycleways
paleways1645832pa_leways
aisleways1542103aisleways
alleyways1852283_alleyways
always12409133_a_l_ways
cablecast1544253cablecast
cablecasts1652283cablecasts
cablegrams1752073cablegrams
cablers114416713cable__rs
cables104527553cable___s
cablets114216343cable__ts
calesas9411833ca_lesa_s
caraways1636953ca_raways
castaways1743673castaways
causeway1643253causeway_
crawlways2041653crawl_ways
cycleway2172553cycleway_
fallaways1843163fallaways
gateways1544613ga_teways
hallways1745423ha_llways
laneways1444573la_neways
raceways1645233ra_ceways
railways1444603rail_ways
tableaus1054853table_aus
tableware1443183tableware
tablewares1553153tablewares
walkways2143213wa_lkways
wasteways1843113wasteways

Search took 9 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 Limit148641317.62619491.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691318.06222164.6
 
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