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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 “foldboats” 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.

25 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
foldboats154371(None) 
foldboat1445241foldboat_
faltboats1444072faltboats
flyboats1643862f_lyboats
foldouts1244792fold_outs
cockboats1945313cockboats
faltboat1346233faltboat_
fireboats1446413fireboats
flatboats1444483flatboats
floats96816253f_l__oats
flyboat1546003f_lyboat_
foldaways1942063foldaways
foldout1149533fold_out_
folkmoots1872623folkmoots
folkmots1783603folkmo_ts
holdouts1245493hold_outs
johnboats2152003johnboats
jollyboats2272323jollyboats
longboats1243923longboats
moldboard1543103moldboard
moldboards1642793moldboards
rowboats1384843ro_wboats
towboats1395333to_wboats
workboats1843833workboats
worldbeats1651243worldbeats

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 Filter1786911486410.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit148641257.09320956.0
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.87522690.9
 
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