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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 “paperboard” 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.

28 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
paperboard176411(None) 
paperboards1863651paperboards
paperbark1963132paperb_ark
paperbound1752332paperbound
superboard1546742superboard
baseboard1445543base_board
beaverboard19142263beaverboard
fiberboard1852823fiberboard
garboard1247243ga__rboard
lapboard1355783lap__board
larboard1157663la__rboard
leaderboard1552253leaderboard
linerboard1352783linerboard
overboard1537813_overboard
packboard2044843pa_ckboard
paperback2143893paperb_ack
paperbarks2052903paperb_arks
paperbounds1851723paperbounds
paperboy1743723paperbo__y
paperboys1843073paperbo_ys
paperwork2044323paperwo_rk
pasteboard1553503pasteboard
patchboard2053513patchboard
pegboard1444803__pegboard
plasterboard1791973plasterboard
preboard1338263p_re_board
superboards1645713superboards
wakeboard1944753wake_board

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603285.80024241.9
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.21928733.1
 
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