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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

13 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
caraways163695(None) 
caraway1538131caraway_
areaways1444482_areaways
carabaos1238082carabaos
caracals12310762caracals
caravans1338622caravans
castaways1743672castaways
cutaways1643812cutaways
faradays1544272faradays
faraway1645412faraway_
layaways1743402layaways
parkways2043972parkways
tearaways1542972tearaways

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit121059133.51334460.3
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691133.95345203.9