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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 “laneways” 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.

70 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
laneways144457(None) 
laneway1345271laneway_
anyways1644422_anyways
gangways1643732gangways
gateways1544612gateways
layaways1743402layaways
leeways1354452l_eeways
lifeways1743892lifeways
longways1543872longways
paleways1645832paleways
raceways1645232raceways
slantways1542112slantways
airways1336243_airways
alleyways1852283alleyways
always12409133_a_lways
anears63717183_ane_ars
anyway1534803_anyway_
areaways1444483_areaways
bendways1743733bendways
bikeways2043653bikeways
cableways1943023cableways
caneware1347803caneware
canewares1447363canewares
caraways1636943caraways
causeways1742743causeways
edgeways1642583edgeways
endways1444443_endways
fadeaways1942233fadeaways
fairways1743873fairways
fanegas1145713fanega_s
flatways1744323fla_tways
freeways1744723freeways
gangway1544233gangway_
gateway1434933gateway_
hallways1745423hallways
lanais6316793lan__ais
landaus8310343lan_daus
landmass1144423landmass
landward1345823landward
landwards1445503landwards
lanely93914483lane_ly_
lanes54946793lane___s
langleys1245103langleys
lanitals837723lanitals
laterals8312753laterals
layaway1643933layaway_
leastways1542313leastways
leeway1255883l_eeway_
lifeway1644273lifeway_
logways1434513l_ogways
noways12127733__noways
parkways2043973parkways
pathways1944273pathways
raceway1546133raceway_
railways1444603railways
renewals1137273renewals
ropeways1644053ropeways
runaways1442853runaways
runways13134443run_ways
sideways1545233sideways
slideways1642853slideways
someways1644823someways
takeaways1942453takeaways
taxiways2142643taxiways
tideways1544563tideways
walkways2143213walkways
wasteways1843113wasteways
waterways1845093waterways
windways1845043windways
wireways1745833wireways

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 Filter1786911461620.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit146162707.89318517.9
3Display Results70700.0135384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691708.05922172.9
 
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