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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 “boarding” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

52 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
boarding12311023(None) 
barding113822891b_arding
bearding124011941bearding
boardings13296061boardings
hoarding13288641hoarding
awarding1356042awarding
balding114015062b_alding
banding114921412b_anding
barbing123716992b_arbing
barfing134615092b_arfing
barging114018482b_arging
baring95135852b_ar_ing
barking144724182b_arking
barning104320352b_arning
barring104021592b_arring
beading113221862bea_ding
bearing103624772bear_ing
birding114014922b_irding
blading113615362bla_ding
blaring104317112blar_ing
boasting113512502boasting
boating103721302boa_ting
boding104320062bo__ding
bogarting1334652bogarting
bombarding1843832bombarding
bonding113318432bo_nding
borating113414502borating
boring94724872bo_r_ing
borking144716172bo_rking
bounding123012132bounding
bradding13268932bradding
braiding123112702braiding
branding122513682branding
carding113922442_carding
cording113620822co_rding
farding123716742_farding
fording123717042fo_rding
goading103112852goa_ding
guarding1136522guarding
hoardings14315112hoardings
hording123517052ho_rding
larding92917872_larding
loading94114612loa_ding
lording93115232lo_rding
oaring74225302_oar_ing
reboarding1445672reboarding
roaring82916002roar_ing
soaring83521892soar_ing
swarding1359002swarding
warding123918142_warding
wording123014562wo_rding
yarding123413142_yarding

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059523.32636397.8
3Display Results52520.0331575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691523.75247625.5
 
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