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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 “pegboard” 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.

47 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
pegboard144480(None) 
pegboards1544021pegboards
bedboard14115722bedboard
keyboard1844502keyboard
leeboard1145432leeboard
preboard1338262preboard
reboard10310762re_board
seaboard1147432seaboard
tagboard1245562tagboard
teaboard1146292teaboard
aboard9312613__aboard
bedboards15114873bedboards
board85523003___board
boxboard2044613boxboard
cupboard1544253cupboard
debeard1137353de_beard
freeboard1545253freeboard
fretboard1543983fretboard
garboard1247243garboard
headboard1644933headboard
inboard1037063_inboard
keyboards1943963keyboards
lapboard1355783lapboard
larboard1157663larboard
leeboards1244793leeboards
mopboard1543983mopboard
onboard1046503_onboard
outboard1138323outboard
overboard1537813overboard
packboard2044843packboard
paperboard1764113paperboard
pegbox1844013pegbo__x
pegboxes2043143pegboxes
petard95013803pe__tard
pigboat1247823pigboa_t
pigboats1344523pigboats
preboards1446423preboards
pressboard1553033pressboard
reboards1138773re_boards
regard85215773reg__ard
rubboard1343983rubboard
seaboards1246443seaboards
signboard1343773signboard
skyboard1844003skyboard
superboard1546743superboard
tagboards1345133tagboards
teaboards1245393teaboards

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.873204686.1
2DLD Change Limit146162477.39319770.3
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691478.28221575.8
 
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