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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 “stairway” 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.

29 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
stairway146292(None) 
stairways1582401stairways
airway1237692__airway
fairway1644332_fairway
airways1336243__airways
fairways1743873_fairways
railway1345313_railway
seaway12309993sea__way
shipway1844213s_hipway
skidway1843083s_kidway
slipway1543873s_lipway
staidly1136683stai_dly
stair54719943stair___
staircase1143213staircase
stairhead1343323stairhead
stairs65416333stair__s
stairwell1261443stairwell
standaway1642653standaway
starchy15286743sta_rchy
starkly14277033sta_rkly
starry94911673sta_r_ry
startsy10536703sta_rtsy
sternway1443153sternway
stowaway1742643stowaway
strawy1210312823st__rawy
stray88525573st__r_ay
taxiway2043463_taxiway
trainway1444223trainway
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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162297.65619091.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.10822038.9
 
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