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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 “thruway” 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.

61 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
thruway164316(None) 
thruways1742501thruways
thrummy1742172thrummy
airway1237693air_way
caraway1538133caraway
faraway1645413faraway
hurray12459913_hurray
parkway1934553parkway
partway1535923partway
runway12105973__runway
shipway1844213shipway
shrubby1742363shrubby
sternway1443153sternway
taxiway2043463taxiway
tearaway1443693tearaway
thataway1742953thataway
theurgy1442733theurgy
thewy146311853th_ew_y
thisaway1742753thisaway
thraw1110515923thr__aw
thrawart1445163thrawart
thrawed1435583thrawed
thrawn12769423thraw_n
thrawnly1741793thrawnly
thraws129211103thraw_s
thread105011093thr_ead
thready14435903thready
threap11569663thr_eap
threat95020463thr_eat
threw1117315713threw__
thrifty1634193thrifty
throat94819753thr_oat
throaty13428483throaty
throw118719733throw__
throwaway2151313throwaway
thrower1386993thrower
thrown1214911443throw_n
throws129715233throw_s
thru76818943thru___
thrum104713633thru__m
thrums11429123thru_ms
thruput1243863thruput
thrush12257483thru_sh
thrust91911893thru_st
thrusts10226523thrusts
thuja1535213th_uja_
thujas1634433th_ujas
thusly1235133th_usly
thuya1135583th_uya_
thuyas1234773th_uyas
tideway1445153tideway
tollway1344793tollway
torula6610393torula_
torulae758553torulae
torulas759853torulas
towaway1644153towaway
tramway1544863tramway
tray77632593t_r__ay
truly84111553t_ru_ly
trusty94710113t_rusty
wireway1646043wireway

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027616.81319672.2
3Display Results61610.0134692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691617.23224708.4
 
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