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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 “shopboys” 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
shopboys184327(None) 
shopboy1743801shopboy_
choirboys1941903choirboys
copyboys2042663_copyboys
cowboys1735253_cowboys
footboys1644333footboys
hoboes114717453_ho_boes
hobos106321353_ho_bo_s
homeboys1845523_homeboys
lowboys1534213_lowboys
plowboys1842363plowboys
poboys1397313_po_boys
potboys1475273_potboys
schoolboys2052173schoolboys
sepoys1138473s_ep_oys
shamoys15367283sh_amoys
shippons15255663shippons
shipways1944073shipways
shoebox1943623shoebo_x
shoeboxes2143953shoeboxes
sholoms1278033sho_loms
shooks134515633sho__oks
shools94919013sho__ols
shoos84226363sho__o_s
shoots94619363sho__ots
shophars1646353shophars
shoppers153010763shoppers
shoppes143411403shop_pes
shops104222903shop___s
shopworn1643983shopworn
showboat1645393showboat
showboats1743773showboats
sopors85215203s_op_ors
tomboys1435713_tomboys

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162348.29617618.4
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691348.71620501.5
 
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