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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 “keyboard” 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.

55 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
keyboard184450(None) 
keyboards1943961keyboards
bedboard14115722bedboard
keyboarded2151742keyboarded
keyboarder2051722keyboarder
keycard1743662key_card
keyword1844562keywo_rd
leeboard1145432leeboard
pegboard1444802pegboard
reboard10310762re_board
rekeyboard2052042rekeyboard
seaboard1147432seaboard
skyboard1844002skyboard
teaboard1146292teaboard
aboard9312613__aboard
bedboards15114873bedboards
board85523003___board
bodyboard1843303bodyboard
boxboard2044613boxboard
cupboard1544253cupboard
debeard1137353de_beard
freeboard1545253freeboard
fretboard1543983fretboard
garboard1247243garboard
headboard1644933headboard
inboard1037063_inboard
kebar115113533ke_b_ar_
kebars124112493ke_b_ars
keyboarders2151343keyboarders
keyboarding2261823keyboarding
keyboardist2161563keyboardist
keycards1843063key_cards
keynoted1642783keynoted
keypad1633823key_pa_d
keywords1944323keywo_rds
kickboard1743823kickboard
lapboard1355783lapboard
larboard1157663larboard
leeboards1244793leeboards
mopboard1543983mopboard
onboard1046503_onboard
outboard1138323outboard
overboard1537813overboard
pegboards1544023pegboards
preboard1338263preboard
reboards1138773re_boards
rekeyboards2151893rekeyboards
reynard1135123rey_nard
rubboard1343983rubboard
seaboards1246443seaboards
skimboard1843283skimboard
skyboards1943773skyboards
tagboard1245563tagboard
teaboards1245393teaboards
wakeboard1944753wake_board

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162557.20620283.4
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691557.63923391.9
 
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