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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search foralleyway” 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
alleyway175282(None) 
alleyways1852281alleyways
aisleway1442523aisle_way
allay85620393all___ay
allegory1244293allegory
allergy1144503alle_rgy
alley85721673alle___y
alleys95113303alley__s
alway116113923a_l__way
anyway1534803a__nyway
areaway1335913a_reaway
cableway1843323cable_way
fallaway1743903fall_away
flyway18134693_fl_yway
hallway1636173hall__way
keyway1943823__keyway
laneway1345273lane_way
leeway1255883__leeway

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162186.87621256.8
3Display Results18180.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691187.31224438.0