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

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

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78 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
wireways	17	4	583	(None)
wireway	16	4	604	1	wireway_
airways	13	3	624	2	air_ways
bikeways	20	4	365	2	bikeways
lifeways	17	4	389	2	lifeways
sideways	15	4	523	2	sideways
tideways	15	4	456	2	tideways
virelays	14	4	464	2	virelays
windways	18	4	504	2	windways
wiretaps	13	14	473	2	wiretaps
airplays	13	4	453	3	airplays
airway	12	3	769	3	air_way_
aisleways	15	4	210	3	aisleways
areaways	14	4	448	3	_areaways
bikeway	19	4	431	3	bikeway_
caraways	16	3	694	3	caraways
driveways	19	4	181	3	driveways
edgeways	16	4	258	3	edgeways
fairways	17	4	387	3	fair_ways
fireclays	17	4	335	3	fireclays
firepans	13	4	715	3	firepans
firewall	14	12	593	3	firewall
firewalls	15	12	535	3	firewalls
fishways	20	4	364	3	fishways
forebays	16	3	726	3	forebays
freeways	17	4	472	3	freeways
gateways	15	4	461	3	gateways
giveaways	19	5	171	3	giveaways
guideways	17	4	230	3	guideways
hereaways	18	4	276	3	hereaways
hideaways	19	4	246	3	hideaways
highways	21	4	412	3	highways
laneways	14	4	457	3	laneways
leeways	13	5	445	3	_leeways
lifeway	16	4	427	3	lifeway_
midways	16	38	618	3	mi_dways
oilways	13	3	487	3	oi_lways
paleways	16	4	583	3	paleways
parkways	20	4	397	3	parkways
prepays	14	3	748	3	_prepays
raceways	16	4	523	3	raceways
relays	9	43	1675	3	__relays
repays	11	38	1397	3	__repays
resays	9	37	1415	3	__resays
ropeways	16	4	405	3	ropeways
sideway	14	4	567	3	sideway_
slideways	16	4	285	3	slideways
someways	16	4	482	3	someways
thruways	17	4	250	3	thruways
tideway	14	4	515	3	tideway_
virelais	11	4	641	3	virelais
virelay	13	3	594	3	virelay_
walkways	21	4	321	3	walkways
wasteways	18	4	311	3	wasteways
waterways	18	4	509	3	waterways
widthways	22	5	179	3	widthways
wifeys	15	42	587	3	wife__ys
wigwags	15	4	329	3	wi_gwags
wigwams	16	4	388	3	wi_gwams
windway	17	4	515	3	windway_
winesaps	13	6	455	3	winesaps
wiredraws	16	5	299	3	wiredraws
wiregrass	13	4	342	3	wiregrass
wirehair	14	4	334	3	wirehair
wirehairs	15	4	295	3	wirehairs
wireless	11	24	963	3	wireless
wireman	12	3	784	3	wirema_n
wirers	9	46	1789	3	wire__rs
wires	8	60	3491	3	wire___s
wiretap	12	14	572	3	wireta_p
wirework	18	4	657	3	wirework
wireworks	19	4	602	3	wireworks
wireworm	16	4	589	3	wireworm
wireworms	17	4	503	3	wireworms
wiseass	10	3	582	3	wise_ass
wiseguys	15	4	197	3	wiseguys
workdays	19	4	290	3	workdays
wreaks	13	47	1111	3	w_re_aks

Search took 7 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	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	78	6.296	23215.1
3	Display Results	78	78	0.030	2600.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	78	6.766	26410.1