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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sideways” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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81 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
sideways	15	4	523	(None)
sideway	14	4	567	1	sideway_
slideways	16	4	285	1	slideways
tideways	15	4	456	1	tideways
bikeways	20	4	365	2	bikeways
guideways	17	4	230	2	guideways
hideaways	19	4	246	2	hideaways
lifeways	17	4	389	2	lifeways
midways	16	38	618	2	mid_ways
sidebars	11	4	664	2	sidebars
sidecars	11	4	590	2	sidecars
sidewalk	16	4	409	2	sidewalk
sidewalks	17	4	353	2	sidewalks
sidewall	12	4	480	2	sidewall
sidewalls	13	4	428	2	sidewalls
sideward	13	4	595	2	sideward
sidewards	14	4	505	2	sidewards
skidways	19	4	282	2	skid_ways
slideway	15	4	316	2	slideway_
someways	16	4	482	2	someways
tideway	14	4	515	2	tideway_
wireways	17	4	583	2	wireways
airways	13	3	624	3	ai_rways
aisleways	15	4	210	3	aisleways
bikeway	19	4	431	3	bikeway_
decays	12	46	1291	3	__decays
delays	10	40	1405	3	__delays
derays	10	55	1425	3	__derays
dewans	10	52	1514	3	__dewans
dewars	10	51	1707	3	__dewars
driveways	19	4	181	3	driveways
edgeways	16	4	258	3	edgeways
endways	14	4	444	3	end_ways
fadeaways	19	4	223	3	fadeaways
fishways	20	4	364	3	fishways
freeways	17	4	472	3	freeways
gateways	15	4	461	3	gateways
giveaways	19	5	171	3	giveaways
guideway	16	4	243	3	guideway_
hideaway	18	4	271	3	hideaway_
highways	21	4	412	3	highways
ideals	7	50	1250	3	_ide_als
ideas	6	59	1901	3	_ide_a_s
laneways	14	4	457	3	laneways
leeways	13	5	445	3	_leeways
lifeway	16	4	427	3	lifeway_
middays	14	33	566	3	mid_days
midway	15	32	715	3	mid_way_
oilways	13	3	487	3	oi_lways
paleways	16	4	583	3	paleways
raceways	16	4	523	3	raceways
ropeways	16	4	405	3	ropeways
seaways	13	30	751	3	s_eaways
sewans	9	52	1590	3	s__ewans
sewars	9	40	1863	3	s__ewars
shipways	19	4	407	3	shipways
sickbays	19	4	316	3	sickbays
sidearm	10	3	597	3	side_arm
sidearms	11	4	409	3	sidearms
sideband	12	4	502	3	sideband
sidebands	13	4	444	3	sidebands
sidebar	10	4	556	3	sideba_r
sidecar	10	4	523	3	sideca_r
sideman	10	3	797	3	sidema_n
sides	6	58	3836	3	side___s
sidewise	12	4	535	3	sidewise
sinews	9	42	1062	3	sinew__s
sinewy	12	66	751	3	sinew_y_
skidway	18	4	308	3	skid_way_
skyways	20	4	322	3	s_kyways
slipways	16	4	346	3	slipways
sluiceways	18	5	91	3	sluiceways
someway	15	4	561	3	someway_
speedways	18	4	255	3	speedways
spillways	17	4	225	3	spillways
subways	15	3	616	3	s_ubways
sways	11	55	1846	3	s___ways
virelays	14	4	464	3	virelays
widthways	22	5	179	3	widthways
windways	18	4	504	3	windways
wireway	16	4	604	3	wireway_

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	81	7.670	19056.3
3	Display Results	81	81	0.033	2454.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	81	8.126	21990.0