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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 “takeaways” 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.

27 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
takeaways194245(None) 
takeaway1843051takeaway_
areaways1444482_areaways
fadeaways1942232fadeaways
areaway1335913_areaway_
baklawas1743213baklawa_s
bikeways2043653bike_ways
caraways1636953ca_raways
castaways1743673castaways
fadeaway1842653fadeaway_
fallaways1843163fallaways
gateways1544613gate_ways
giveaways1951713giveaways
hereaways1842763hereaways
hideaways1942463hideaways
keyways2043373__keyways
laneways1444573lane_ways
layaways1743403la_yaways
paleways1645833pale_ways
raceways1645233race_ways
seaways13307513__seaways
taxiways2142643ta_xiways
tearaways1542973tearaways
tideways1544563tide_ways
towaways1743633t_owaways
walkaways2242313walkaways
waterways1845093waterways

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641277.75019179.5
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691278.20321783.6
 
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