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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 “footboards” 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.

27 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
footboards164408(None) 
footboard1544491footboard_
floorboards1791902floorboards
fretboards1643672fretboards
outboards1246212_outboards
bodyboards1943243bodyboards
boxboards2144263_boxboards
corkboards1944113corkboards
dartboards1443883dartboards
fallboards1644433fallboards
fireboards1645433fireboards
floorboard1672123floorboard_
footbags1444523footb_a_gs
footballs1445363footb_alls
footbaths1763093footb_aths
footboys1644333footbo__ys
footgears13103073footgear_s
footholds1644363footho_lds
footmarks1843583foot_marks
footpads1443983foot_pa_ds
footworks1945453footwo_rks
freeboards1644473freeboards
fretboard1543983fretboard_
moldboards1642793moldboards
mopboards1643753_mopboards
outboard1138323_outboard_
snowboards1643693snowboards

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603275.34326315.4
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691275.76530995.8
 
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