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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 “longboats” 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
longboats124392(None) 
longboat1146091longboat_
longbows1443882longbo_ws
cockboats1945313cockboats
congrats11311433cong_rats
dingbats1245013dingb_ats
foldboats1543713foldboats
gunboats1144823gun_boats
johnboats2152003johnboats
kingbolts1642433kingbolts
lifeboats1443413lifeboats
logbooks1544023lo_gbooks
loggats9286453lo_g_gats
longans84510813long__ans
longbow1343863longbo__w
longheads1444233longheads
longhorns1344133longhorns
longways1543873long_ways
lungworts1343263lungworts
pigboats1344523_pigboats
ringbolts1242803ringbolts
rowboats1384843ro_wboats
songbooks1643413songbooks
stoneboats1253283stoneboats
towboats1395333to_wboats
tugboats11154103_tugboats
workboats1843833workboats

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641276.00024773.5
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.41927837.8
 
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