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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwidthway” 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.

18 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
widthway214194(None) 
widthways2251791widthways
birthday1742333birthday
fishway1943813fi_shway
hideaway1842713hideaway
highway2044263hi_ghway
midway15327153mid__way
pathway1844853_pathway
sideway1445673sid_eway
tideway1445153tid_eway
wasteway1743313wasteway
width12310963width___
widths1335123width__s
widthwise1951503widthwise
windway1745153wi_ndway
wireway1646043wi_reway
withal1238933wi_th_al
withy144813763wi_th__y

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 Filter1786911461620.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit146162187.84318636.0
3Display Results18180.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691188.01322300.1