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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 “blackboy” 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.

50 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
blackboy214316(None) 
blackbody2342491blackbody
blackboys2243331blackboys
beachboy2042912beachboy
blackfly2243012blackfly
blackly1835252black_ly
blacktop1842972blacktop
backbit17129103b_ackbit
backbone1847443b_ackbone
backhoe1847153b_ackhoe
backlog1635773b_acklog
batboy1387533b_a_tboy
beachboys2142673beachboys
blabby1234813bla__bby
black134719073black___
blackball1944523blackball
blackberry2352373blackberry
blackbird2043573blackbird
blackboard2144253blackboard
blackbuck2052523blackbuck
blackcap2043073blackcap
blackcock1742583blackcock
blacked163613373black_ed
blacken15439793black_en
blackens16388103blackens
blacker154513513black_er
blackest16269303blackest
blackfin1953903blackfin
blackgum1942513blackgum
blacking174213603blacking
blackish1976713blackish
blackleg1734233blackleg
blackout1647413blackout
blackpoll1952483blackpoll
blacks144914953black__s
blacktops1943373blacktops
blackwood2144123blackwood
blamably1744903blamably
blankly1634263blank_ly
blaubok1542243bla_ubok
blocky17388353block__y
flackery20295243flackery
lackey154813353_lack_ey
linkboy1643173_linkboy
lockbox2243383_lockbox
placably17156673placably
placebo1343293placebo_
placebos1443713placebos
playboy1743813pla_yboy
slackly1635263slack_ly

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162507.61019206.6
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691508.04622208.7
 
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