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

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

22 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
driveway184199(None) 
driveways1941811driveways
bikeway1944313_bikeway
drive95318003drive___
drivel105110383drive__l
driveled1374973driveled
driveler1284693driveler
drivels11397923drive_ls
driven105210143drive__n
driver104714493drive__r
drivers114412793drive_rs
drives105117113drive__s
freeway1635603fr_eeway
giveaway1841903_giveaway
guideway1642433guideway
lifeway1644273_lifeway
raceway1546133_raceway
ropeway1544773_ropeway
sideway1445673_sideway
slideway1543163slideway
tideway1445153_tideway
wireway1646043_wireway

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162227.00020880.3
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691227.40624127.9