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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 “snowboard” 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.

33 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
snowboard154393(None) 
snowboards1643691snowboards
snowbird1443372snowb_ird
snowboarded1851582snowboarded
snowboarder1751552snowboarder
snowbound1542842snowbound
boxboard2044613_boxboard
footboard1544493footboard
inboard1037063in__board
mopboard1543983_mopboard
onboard1046503__onboard
sailboard1245903sailboard
scoreboard1553413scoreboard
seaboard1147433s_eaboard
shipboard1754343shipboard
showboat1645393showboa_t
showboated1952203showboated
showboats1743773showboats
sideboard1345173sideboard
signboard1343773signboard
skimboard1843283skimboard
skyboard1844003s_kyboard
snowball13114943snowb_all
snowbank1743233snowb_ank
snowberry1742503snowberry
snowbirds1542953snowb_irds
snowboarders1851203snowboarders
snowboarding1981923snowboarding
snowland1243833snow_land
snowmold1442743snowmo_ld
starboard1275843starboard
storyboard1652643storyboard
surfboard1543913surfboard

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641337.04621095.8
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.49923828.6
 
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