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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 “fadeaway” 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
fadeaway184265(None) 
fadeaways1942231fadeaways
areaway1335912_areaway
fallaway1743902fallaway
faraway1645412fa_raway
hideaway1842712hideaway
takeaway1843052takeaway
areaways1444483_areaways
caraway1538133ca_raway
castaway1664573castaway
fadedly1535453fade_dly
fairway1644333fa_irway
fallaways1843163fallaways
faraday1445633fa_raday
flyaway1943163f_lyaway
foldaway1842433foldaway
freeway1635603f_reeway
gateway1434933gate_way
giveaway1841903giveaway
hereaway1743683hereaway
hideaways1942463hideaways
laneway1345273lane_way
layaway1643933la_yaway
raceway1546133race_way
seaway12309993__seaway
sideway1445673side_way
takeaways1942453takeaways
tideway1445153tide_way
underway15136343underway
walkaway2142643walkaway
waterway1745563waterway

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162318.09618053.6
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691318.51620983.0
 
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