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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 “cableway” 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.

35 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
cableway184332(None) 
cableways1943021cableways
causeway1643252causeway
cycleway2172552cycleway
aisleway1442523aisleway
alleyway1752823_alleyway
alway116113923_a_l_way
cable95329913cable___
cablecast1544253cablecast
cabled114819873cable__d
cablegram1652533cablegram
cabler104519173cable__r
cablers114416713cable_rs
cables104527553cable__s
cablet104429463cable__t
cablets114216343cable_ts
calesa8412473ca_lesa_
calesas9411833ca_lesas
caraway1538133ca_raway
castaway1664573castaway
causeways1742743causeways
crawlway1941993crawl_way
cycleways2262203cycleways
fallaway1743903fallaway
gateway1434933ga_teway
halfway1943763ha_lfway
hallway1636173ha_llway
laneway1345273la_neway
paleways1645833pa_leways
raceway1546133ra_ceway
railway1345313rail_way
tableau966283table_au
tableware1443183tableware
walkway2043373wa_lkway
wasteway1743313wasteway

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162357.83018666.9
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691358.26621617.6
 
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