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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 “boards” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

101 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
boards9461693(None) 
bards87139641b_ards
beards94116671beards
board85523001board_
boars75229601boar_s
boarts84716871boarts
boyards13399321boyards
hoards104912621hoards
aboard9312612aboard_
awards107113452awards
bads77048862b_a_ds
balds85524642b_alds
bands85233422b_ands
barbs95928192b_arbs
bard75648862b_ard_
barde85330772b_arde
bardes95026932b_ardes
bares75457132b_ares
barfs104826002b_arfs
barks115735812b_arks
barms96128462b_arms
barns76335142b_arns
bars66564092b_ar_s
bauds85821042b_auds
bawds116115492b_awds
bayards13379682bayards
beads85429502bea_ds
beard86024962beard_
bears75739042bear_s
birds85421332b_irds
blares85021632blares
boar66134292boar__
boarded113910502boarded
boarder103910322boarder
boarders11408622boarders
boarish123911912boarish
boart78835932boar_t
boas66150832boa__s
boasts85017922boasts
boats75635152boa_ts
bods76244712bo__ds
bogarts1047742bogarts
bolds85825282bo_lds
bollards11339152bollards
bombards1536492bombards
bonds86126842bo_nds
boors74325012boor_s
borals86721912borals
boras75938302bo_ras
bores76448252bo_res
borks115727702bo_rks
borts76735452bo_rts
bounds94415802bounds
bourgs9459992bourgs
bourns84114062bourns
bovids1287972bovids
boyard125411282boyard_
boyars115611982boyar_s
brads85528292bra_ds
braids95015692braids
brands95118942brands
briards10398552briards
broads94515152broa_ds
burds84626062b_urds
cards85137932_cards
chards125119732chards
cords86030622co_rds
cowards1339612cowards
dotards937252dotards
fards96629842_fards
fords95328182fo_rds
goads77022852goa_ds
gourds8108252gourds
guards84611572guards
hards96435652_hards
hoard94918312hoard_
hoars85925552hoar_s
holards1148432holards
inboards1145842inboards
lards65331862_lards
liards75212612liards
loads65323372loa_ds
lords64923502lo_rds
nards65928462_nards
oars46846032_oar_s
pards85634332_pards
reboards1138772reboards
roads66523622roa_ds
roars55622242roar_s
sards64736182_sards
shards104319172shards
soars54732512soar_s
sords64527802so_rds
swards105415132swards
toads65621072toa_ds
towards1138782towards
wards97734402_wards
woads94818442woa_ds
woalds10427582woalds
words95425072wo_rds
yards95324612_yards

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511012.47033421.5
3Display Results1011010.0303366.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911012.84362853.0
 
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