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

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84 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
boosts8611501(None) 
boasts85017921boasts
boost75132471boost_
boots75837971boo_ts
roosts64916321roosts
basts75936932b_asts
beasts84519722beasts
besots86415452besots
bests75932612b_ests
bhoots11459912bhoots
bionts8612392bionts
blasts85116772blasts
bloats85215762bloats
blots75626172blo_ts
boarts84716872boarts
boast75935702boast_
boats75635152b_oats
bolts76232112b_olts
boobs96221992boo_bs
books115729712boo_ks
booms95427122boo_ms
boons75031912boo_ns
boors74325012boo_rs
boos67955032boo__s
boosted104111982boosted
booster94314552booster
boosters104013452boosters
boot67759372boo_t_
booth105522012boo_th
booths115313792booths
booty106125912boo_ty
boozes174916522boozes
borshts1266542borshts
borts76735452b_orts
bosks115218852b_osks
bosoms104913052bosoms
bosons85016652bosons
boss65938342b_os_s
bosses85925402bosses
bots66453952b_o_ts
botts75224862b_otts
bouses84931782bouses
bouts75131312b_outs
bowses115718862bowses
broses86524402broses
bursts85116242bursts
busts75227692b_usts
coasts85719142coasts
cohosts12398812cohosts
coopts105814582coopts
coots75636842coo_ts
costs77231142_costs
foists95413982foists
foots85528282foo_ts
frosts94214622frosts
ghosts10489272ghosts
glosts74513812glosts
gooses75723062gooses
hoists95516022hoists
hoots84830252hoo_ts
horsts95817512horsts
hosts85526702_hosts
joists134711032joists
jousts135011272jousts
looses67328252looses
loots55431422loo_ts
moots75831662moo_ts
mosts76028542_mosts
nooses65623652nooses
oasts56529182_oasts
oboists937902oboists
oots46446442_oo_ts
ousts55225702_ousts
posts75228782_posts
roasts64915412roasts
rooses65526242rooses
roost55730932roost_
roots55933672roo_ts
rousts617016722rousts
soots55536212soo_ts
toasts65914992toasts
toots55331872too_ts
volosts1036562volosts
worsts96014332worsts

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551842.61031628.7
3Display Results84840.0165250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691842.96960185.6
 
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