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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 “hatchway” 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.

38 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
hatchway224329(None) 
hatchways2342661hatchways
archway1844892_archway
hatchery19326382hatchery
pathway1844852pat_hway
archways1944063_archways
catchfly2143333catchfly
catchy16559583catch__y
chatchka22202893chatchka_
chatchkas23172783chatchkas
datcha1266563datch_a_
datchas1347423datch_as
gateway1434933gat_eway
halfway1943763ha_lfway
hallway1636173ha_llway
hatch135719593hatch___
hatchback2563313hatchback
hatcheck2244013hatcheck
hatched163414463hatch_ed
hatchel153510753hatch_el
hatchels16368673hatchels
hatcher153314723hatch_er
hatchers163113173hatchers
hatches153420273hatch_es
hatchet153317563hatch_et
hatchets163310383hatchets
hatching173312213hatching
highway2044263h_ighway
latchkey2042913latchkey
patchily1885813patchily
patchy16509573patch__y
pathways1944273pat_hways
raceway1546133ra_ceway
thataway1742953that_away
thatchy1833303thatch__y
watchcry2142363watchcry
watchman1844623watchman
waterway1745563waterway

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162388.20617811.6
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691388.65520646.0
 
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