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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 “showboat” 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.

30 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
showboat164539(None) 
showboats1743771showboats
rowboat1267982_rowboat
showboated1952202showboated
towboat1258302_towboat
browbeat1544883browbeat
howbeit1545663_howbeit
johnboat2053373johnboat
rowboats1384843_rowboats
sailboat1047693sailboat
shoat85633953sh___oat
shoebox1943623shoebo_x
shoot84235913sho__o_t
shootout1146623shootout
shopboy1743803shopbo_y
shopboys1843273shopboys
showbiz2453223showb_iz
showboating2062363showboating
showbread1842303showbread
showdown1843573showdown
showiest1438793showiest
showman15257293show_man
showoff1943893show_off
showroom1654063showroom
snowbelt13114623snowbelt
snowboard1543933snowboard
snowcat1245333snow_cat
stoneboat1154923stoneboat
surfboat1345333surfboat
towboats1395333_towboats

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 Limit146162306.86021306.4
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.29624491.6
 
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