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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 “blackboards” 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.

34 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
blackboards225383(None) 
backboards2146191b_ackboards
blackboard2144251blackboard_
backboard2047182b_ackboard_
blackbirds2143252blackb_irds
blackguards2162282blackguards
buckboards2143612b_uckboards
packboards2144442_packboards
tackboards1944362_tackboards
backloads1846293b_ackloa_ds
backwards2147463b_ack_wards
backyards2146533b_ack_yards
baseboards1545213b_aseboards
blackballs2043963blackb_alls
blackbird2043573blackb_ird_
blackbodies2252493blackbodies
blackbody2342493blackbo__dy
blackboys2243333blackbo__ys
blackguard2062453blackguard_
blackheads2264113blackhea_ds
blackhearts2252133blackhearts
blacklands1944123black_lands
blackleads1993383blacklea_ds
blackwoods2243893blackwo_ods
buckboard2044233b_uckboard_
chalkboards2352553chalkboards
clapboards17113673cla_pboards
duckboards2042723_duckboards
flashboards2052473flashboards
kickboards1843353_kickboards
lapboards14105373_la_pboards
larboards1246983_la_rboards
packboard2044843_packboard_
tackboard1844723_tackboard_

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit121633344.67026045.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691345.13934771.6
 
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