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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 “lawbooks” 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.

47 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
lawbooks174374(None) 
lawbook1644031lawbook_
daybooks1843982daybooks
logbooks1544022logbooks
playbooks2043372playbooks
babools11319453ba_bools
baboons113211083ba_boons
baboos103517013ba_boo_s
bamboos1348753bamboo_s
bankbooks1643083bankbooks
bawcocks21113443bawcocks
blauboks1642293blaub_oks
bluebooks1743153bluebooks
books115729713___books
casebooks1743793casebooks
cashbooks2043223cashbooks
chapbooks2283423chapbooks
clawbacks2243623clawbacks
datebooks1643113datebooks
daybook1744373daybook_
ebooks12358333__ebooks
flipbooks2051963flipbooks
gaboons10289903ga_boons
gadzooks23112933gadzooks
haboobs1495463ha_boobs
handbooks1944393handbooks
jawbones20134853jawbones
labors84016413la_b_ors
labours9349893la_bours
ladhoods1345873ladhoods
lagoons839253la_goons
lampoons12266873lampoons
lardoons9398483lardoons
lavrocks1743663lavrocks
logbook1454513logbook_
looks95124863l___ooks
lowboys1534213lowb_oys
lowbrows1643483lowbrows
nonbooks1446123nonbooks
passbooks1743163passbooks
playbook1943463playbook_
prebooks1656303prebooks
rebooks134010513_rebooks
sawbones13126643sawbones
sawbucks1943413sawbucks
taboos83815433ta_boo_s
yearbooks1842573yearbooks

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162477.15620425.1
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691477.59523527.5
 
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