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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 “walkaway” 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.

33 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
walkaway214264(None) 
walkaways2242311walkaways
walkway2043371walk_way
fallaway1743902fallaway
walkways2143212walk_ways
wellaway1773712wellaway
alway116113923_al__way
areaway1335913_areaway
baklawa1643403baklawa_
baklawas1743213baklawas
caraway1538133ca_raway
castaway1664573castaway
fadeaway1842653fadeaway
fallaways1843163fallaways
faraway1645413fa_raway
flyaway1943163_flyaway
foldaway1842433foldaway
folkway2043353folk_way
halfway1943763hal_fway
hallway1636173hal_lway
lackaday1843133lackaday
layaway1643933la_yaway
parkway1934553park_way
rockaway2042343rockaway
rollaway1443263rollaway
takeaway1843053takeaway
walkable1736063walkable
wallaby1535073walla_by
wasteway1743313wasteway
waterway1745563waterway
welladay1572933welladay
wellaways1873163wellaways
workaday1942273workaday

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162337.08020644.4
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.51623774.7
 
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