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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 “snowboarder” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
snowboarder175155(None) 
snowboarded1851581snowboarded
snowboarders1851201snowboarders
snowboard1543932snowboard__
snowboards1643692snowboard_s
snowboarding1981923snowboarding
surfboarder1751813surfboarder
boarder103910324____boarder
bombarder16143584_bomb_arder
keyboarder2051724_keyboarder
sailboarded1552224sailboarded
showboated1952204showboa_ted
skateboarder1961524skateboarder
snowballed1642214snowb_alled
snowberries1652834snowberries
snowbird1443374snowb_ird__
snowbirds1542954snowb_ird_s
snowblower1851784snowb_lower
snowboardings2071394snowboardings
snowbound1542844snowbound__
snowmaker1872904snow_ma_ker
snowmobiler1861164snowmobiler
starboarded1552184starboarded
storyboarded1961244storyboarded
suborder1146664s__ubo_rder
surfboarded1861724surfboarded
surfboarders1861234surfboarders
unboarded13185684un__boarded
wakeboarder2151954wakeboarder

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 Filter1786911488190.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148819298.48317543.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.90520066.4
 
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