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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsurfboats” 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.

23 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
surfboats144356(None) 
surfboat1345331surfboat_
surcoats1047942sur_coats
surfboard1543912surfboard
surfboards1643682surfboards
airboats1047283air_boats
bareboats1345833bareboats
bumboats1445183bu_mboats
burbots1168673bur_bo_ts
fireboats1446413fireboats
gunboats1144823gu_nboats
outfloats1243573outfloats
sailboats1145243sailboats
sauceboats1452523sauceboats
showboats1743763showboats
surcoat9412923sur_coat_
surfbirds1542163surfbirds
surfeits1146223surf_eits
surtouts846203sur_touts
tugboats11154103tu_gboats
turbots988023tur_bo_ts
turncoats1143013turncoats
workboats1843833workboats

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641236.90621523.5
3Display Results23230.0131769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691237.07525256.7