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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 “mailbox” 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
mailbox185356(None) 
mailbag1243922mailbag
mailboxes2042712mailboxes
maillot9312172maillot
bailor83412603bail_or
balboa10389963ba_lboa
bandbox1943763bandbox
bilbo95513613_bilbo_
bilboa10367843_bilboa
bilbos105011203_bilbos
callboy1465833callboy
cashbox2143453cashbox
coalbox1844113coalbox
farebox1943823farebox
hatbox1835133ha_tbox
hellbox1944983hellbox
jailor13418573jail_or
mail65543453mail___
mailable1239623mailable
mailbags1343903mailbags
maile75232223mail__e
mailed95326753mail_ed
mailer84724183mail_er
mailers94420333mailers
mailes84329113mail_es
mailing102923343mailing
maill74420793mail__l
maillots1037473maillots
maills84215283mail_ls
mailman1137733mailman
mailmen1137273mailmen
mailroom1244233mailroom
mails76037783mail__s
maintop1135143maintop
malison939693malison
mallow114014743ma_llow
maltol8310843ma_ltol
mambo115215743ma_mbo_
mambos125414493ma_mbos
marabou1147493marabou
matchbox2442623matchbox
milo65536103m_il_o_
milos75428013m_il_os
pillbox1843413pillbox
railbus934413railbus
rainbow1243353rainbow
sailboat1047693sailboat
sailor63113753sail_or
saltbox1643743saltbox
sandbox1744803sandbox
smallpox1941843smallpox
tailbone1045493tailbone
tailor63412503tail_or
tallboy1265143tallboy
toolbox1653633toolbox

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 Filter1786911340270.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit134027556.45320769.7
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691556.62526972.2
 
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