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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 “kickboard” 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.

31 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
kickboard174382(None) 
kickboards1843351kickboards
backboard2047182backboard
buckboard2044232buckboard
duckboard1943012duckboard
kickboxed2451892kickboxed
packboard2044842packboard
tackboard1844722tackboard
backboards2146193backboards
billboard1444713billboard
blackboard2144253blackboard
buckboards2143613buckboards
corkboard1844773corkboard
duckboards2042723duckboards
fireboard1546613fireboard
inboard1037063_i_nboard
keyboard1844503k_eyboard
kickback1644453kickb_ack
kickball1543773kickb_all
kickbox2142543kickbo__x
kickboxer2351673kickboxer
kickboxers2451343kickboxers
kickboxes2342673kickboxes
kickstand1552693kickstand
kickstart1453833kickstart
millboard1444653millboard
packboards2144443packboards
sideboard1345173sideboard
signboard1343773signboard
skimboard1843283ski_mboard
tackboards1944363tackboards

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641316.65622331.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.09525185.5
 
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