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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 “noways” 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.

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
noways1212773(None) 
noway111112841noway_
always12409132always
anyways1644422anyways
byways1734672byways
cogways1634632cogways
copays134911272copays
endways1444442endways
forays124813002forays
gowans105512292gowans
jowars16369652jowars
logways1434512logways
morays114613882morays
nawabs1185062nawabs
nays75931592n__ays
nomads94711602nomads
nomas74726412noma_s
nonas55126652nona_s
nongays11176532nongays
nonwars10109002nonwars
nopals84914022nopals
novas85215362nova_s
nowadays1542262nowadays
nows75738232now__s
nowts86915862now_ts
ofays11488922_ofays
okays12609442_okays
onlays9398712onlays
rowans95715342rowans
sowans94215892sowans
sowars94318012sowars
sways115518462_sways
todays10458102todays
tokays13397772tokays
ways107737952__ways

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551352.18637763.5
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691352.54570212.6
 
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