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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 “gateway” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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103 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
gateway143493(None) 
gateways1544611gateways
gangway1544232gangway
gateau778112gate_au
gateman1057472gateman
getaway1444012getaway
laneway1345272laneway
pathway1844852pathway
raceway1546132raceway
wasteway1743312wasteway
waterway1745562waterway
agateware1352243agateware
airway1237693_airway
alway116113923_a_lway
anyway1534803_anyway
areaway1335913_areaway
away108024223_a__way
bateau8810563bate_au
bikeway1944313bikeway
cableway1843323cableway
caraway1538133caraway
castaway1664573castaway
catena8312483catena_
catenae9311373catenae
catenary1346583catenary
catenas9313113catenas
cateran9313773cateran
causeway1643253causeway
cutaway1544433cutaway
daresay1135433daresay
datedly1236023datedly
eatery95316353eate_ry
fadeaway1842653fadeaway
fairway1644333fairway
faraway1645413faraway
fatwa1168063fat_wa_
fatwas1249053fat_was
freeway1635603freeway
gaiety10119373gaie_ty
gainsay1144033gainsay
galea64722933gale_a_
galeae74717453gale_ae
galeas74618513gale_as
galena74911093galena_
galenas83310343galenas
gamay116419113ga__may
gamelan10106643gamelan
gamely124711913game_ly
gametal1037603gametal
gamey115320553game__y
gangways1643733gangways
gaseity1135113gaseity
gate55746573gate___
gateaus866333gateaus
gateaux1573123gateaux
gated75329773gate__d
gatemen1047603gatemen
gater64533653gate__r
gaters74728643gate_rs
gates65939513gate__s
gawky16569993ga__wky
gawsy12459093ga__wsy
gayety13116383gaye_ty
getaways1543343getaways
giveaway1841903giveaway
greenway1543853greenway
guideway1642433guideway
halfway1943763halfway
hallway1636173hallway
hatchway2243293hatchway
jetway19105273jet_way
laneways1444573laneways
lately93413843late_ly
latency1236033latency
laterad8310843laterad
lateral7313573lateral
layaway1643933layaway
leeway1255883_leeway
lifeway1644273lifeway
matey107022663mate__y
paleways1645833paleways
parkway1934553parkway
partway1535923partway
patency1466313patency
pathways1944273pathways
raceways1645233raceways
railway1345313railway
ropeway1544773ropeway
routeway1443413routeway
satay84718463sat__ay
sideway1445673sideway
someway1545613someway
stewy116112063_stew_y
takeaway1843053takeaway
tatouay1044113tatouay
taxiway2043463taxiway
thataway1742953thataway
tideway1445153tideway
walkway2043373walkway
wasteways1843113wasteways
waterways1845093waterways
watery123914493wate_ry
wireway1646043wireway

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit1340271036.18621666.2
3Display Results1031030.0333121.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911036.64226903.2
 
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