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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 “takeaway” 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.

32 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
takeaway184305(None) 
takeaways1942451takeaways
areaway1335912_areaway
fadeaway1842652fadeaway
areaways1444483_areaways
baklawa1643403baklawa_
baklawas1743213baklawas
bikeway1944313bike_way
caraway1538133ca_raway
castaway1664573castaway
fadeaways1942233fadeaways
fallaway1743903fallaway
faraway1645413fa_raway
gateway1434933gate_way
giveaway1841903giveaway
hereaway1743683hereaway
hideaway1842713hideaway
keyway1943823__keyway
laneway1345273lane_way
layaway1643933la_yaway
raceway1546133race_way
seaway12309993__seaway
standaway1642653standaway
takeable1437463takeable
taxiway2043463ta_xiway
tearaway1443693tearaway
thataway1742953thataway
thisaway1742753thisaway
tideway1445153tide_way
towaway1644153t_owaway
walkaway2142643walkaway
waterway1745563waterway

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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162326.94021060.8
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691327.34324334.9
 
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