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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 “laneway” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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96 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
laneway134527(None) 
laneways1444571laneways
anyway1534802_anyway
gangway1544232gangway
gateway1434932gateway
lanely93914482lane_ly
layaway1643932layaway
leeway1255882l_eeway
lifeway1644272lifeway
raceway1546132raceway
airway1237693_airway
alleyway1752823alleyway
alway116113923_a_lway
anear55420323_ane_ar
anergy10156863_anergy
anew76623133_anew__
anyways1644423_anyways
areaway1335913_areaway
away108024223_a__way
bikeway1944313bikeway
cableway1843323cableway
caneware1347803caneware
caraway1538133caraway
causeway1643253causeway
daresay1135433daresay
fadeaway1842653fadeaway
fairway1644333fairway
fanega1055783fanega_
fanegas1145713fanegas
faraway1645413faraway
freeway1635603freeway
gangways1643733gangways
gateways1544613gateways
halfway1943763halfway
hallway1636173hallway
haniwa1236743haniwa_
lacey105820913lace__y
lamely114013223lame_ly
lanai5319573lan__ai
landau7310613lan_dau
landlady1343633landlady
landman1038923landman
landward1345823landward
lane45153333lane___
lanes54946793lane__s
langley1147453langley
laniary1068013laniary
lanital7310913lanital
lankily1437123lankily
lankly13439623lan_kly
lanky125517483lan__ky
lately93413843late_ly
latency1236033latency
laterad8310843laterad
lateral7313573lateral
lawny115912013la__wny
layaways1743403layaways
leeways1354453l_eeways
lifeways1743893lifeways
lineal65616023line_al
linear65113343line_ar
lineman939123lineman
lineny94011443line_ny
liney87029633line__y
logway1335913l_ogway
lonely92912473lone_ly
longways1543873longways
newly114610203__newly
newsy11489393__newsy
noway111112843__noway
paleways1645833paleways
parkway1934553parkway
partway1535923partway
pathway1844853pathway
planetary1443903planetary
raceways1645233raceways
railway1345313railway
renewal1038703renewal
ropeway1544773ropeway
runaway1343683runaway
runway12105973run_way
sanely93114613sane_ly
sideway1445673sideway
sinewy12667513sinew_y
slantways1542113slantways
slideway1543163slideway
someway1545613someway
takeaway1843053takeaway
taxiway2043463taxiway
tideway1445153tideway
walkway2043373walkway
waney115120323wane__y
wasteway1743313wasteway
waterway1745563waterway
windway1745153windway
wireway1646043wireway

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027966.86019537.5
3Display Results96960.0303200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691967.29624491.6
 
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