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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 “wellaways” 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.

28 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
wellaways187316(None) 
welladays1672151welladays
wellaway1773711wellaway_
cellarways1851822cellarways
fallaways1843162fallaways
rollaways1542592rollaways
walkaways2242312walkaways
welladay1572932welladay_
beltways1683903be_ltways
cellarway1752193cellarway_
fallaway1743903fallaway_
flyaways2042813_flyaways
foldaways1942063foldaways
getaways1543343ge_taways
hallways1745423hall_ways
hereaways1842763hereaways
jellabas1744073jellaba_s
rollaway1443263rollaway_
rollways1444233roll_ways
seaways13307513se__aways
tearaways1542973tearaways
tollways1444133toll_ways
walkaway2142643walkaway_
walkways2143213w_alkways
wellheads1653323wellheads
williwaus1542463williwaus
williwaws1442253williwaws
willywaws1752013willywaws

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.533335255.2
2DLD Change Limit148641286.14024208.6
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.68626726.1
 
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