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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 “highway” 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.

58 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
highway204425(None) 
highways2144111highways
fishway1943812fishway
highboy1943392highboy
highly1636822high_ly
airway1237693ai_rway
archway1844893archway
bighead14126653bighead
bikeway1944313bikeway
cogway1566183cog_way
eighty133711603eigh_ty
fishways2043643fishways
halfway1943763halfway
hallway1636173hallway
hatchway2243293hatchway
headway1745553headway
hideaway1842703hideaway
high116619913high___
highball1743883highball
highboys2042993highboys
higher134610893high_er
highest1439563highest
highjack2852563highjack
highland16114523highland
highroad1643703highroad
highs125412523high__s
hight125327233high__t
hightail1545253hightail
highted152710163highted
highth12389143high_th
highths13358003highths
hightop1645013hightop
hights133716893high_ts
highwayman257733highwayman
highwaymen2571013highwaymen
lifeway1644273lifeway
lightly14369023lightly
logway1335913log_way
midway15327153mi_dway
mighty154310203migh_ty
nightly14449033nightly
nighty135611273nigh_ty
oilway1235743oi_lway
pathway1844853pathway
rightly14389043rightly
righty135011833righ_ty
shipway1844213shi_pway
sideway1445673sideway
sightly14408273sightly
thisaway1742733thisaway
tideway1445153tideway
tightly14327613tightly
tightwad1642903tightwad
widthway2141943widthway
wigwag1443723wig_wag
wigwam1544723wig_wam
windway1745153windway
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 Filter1786911340270.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit134027586.67320085.0
3Display Results58580.0301933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691586.85926052.0
 
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