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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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57 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
roadways156461(None) 
roadway1464611roadway_
foodways1844292foodways
headways1845002headways
rollways1444232rollways
ropeways1644052ropeways
always12409133__always
areaways1444483area_ways
bendways1743733bendways
cogways1634633co_gways
crossways1743413crossways
doorways1544043doorways
endways1444443_endways
flatways1744323flatways
floodways1942283floodways
foldaways1942063foldaways
folkways2143143folkways
footways1744873footways
headway1745553headway_
logways1434513lo_gways
longways1543873longways
midways16386183_midways
nowadays1542263nowad_ays
noways12127733no__ways
oilways1334873_oilways
raceways1645233raceways
radars71314673r_ad_ars
radials83614633r_adials
radians83013823r_adians
railways1444603railways
redbays1336013r_edbays
roadbeds1242763roadbeds
roadeos837413road_eos
roadies83317443road_ies
roadless937703roadless
roads66523623road___s
roadwork1645473roadwork
roadworks1745313roadworks
rockaways2142153rockaways
rollaways1542593rollaways
rollway1344653rollway_
ropeway1544773ropeway_
rosebays13114903rosebays
routeways1543153routeways
rowans95715343ro__wans
runaways1442853runaways
runways13134443r_unways
seaways13307513sea_ways
skidways1942823skidways
someways1644823someways
todays10458103to_d_ays
tollways1444133tollways
towaways1743633towaways
tramways1643723tramways
windways1845043windways
woadwax2142173woadwa_x
woadwaxes2342323woadwaxes

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162578.30017609.9
3Display Results57570.0301900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691578.48621057.2
 
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