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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 “crawlway” 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.

28 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
crawlway194199(None) 
crawlways2041651crawlways
crawly144610762crawl__y
railway1345312_railway
alway116113923__a_lway
brawly144312353brawl__y
cableway1843323c_ableway
caraway1538133c_araway
crawdad1443113craw_dad
crawl104916713crawl___
crawled133710403crawl_ed
crawler123510463crawl_er
crawlers13309013crawlers
crawlier13216873crawlier
crawling143110513crawling
crawls114712083crawl__s
crossway1643853crossway
drawly134910723drawl__y
hallway1636173_hallway
raceway1546133_raceway
railways1444603_railways
rawly115115833_rawl__y
rollway1344653_rollway
scrawly15197193scrawl__y
trackway20113783trackway
trainway1444223trainway
tramway1544863tra_mway
trawley13317303trawl_ey

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162287.51619446.8
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691287.95222471.2
 
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