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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 “surfboards” 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.

37 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
surfboards164368(None) 
surfboard1543911surfboard_
surfbirds1542162surfb_irds
surfboarded1861722surfboarded
surfboarder1751812surfboarder
surfboarders1861232surfboarders
surfboats1443562surfboa_ts
buckboards2143613buckboards
cardboards1645333cardboards
corkboards1944113corkboards
cupboards1643813cu_pboards
dartboards1443883dartboards
duckboards2042723duckboards
fireboards1645433fireboards
garboards1346363gar_boards
hardboards1745163hardboards
larboards1246983lar_boards
outboards1246213ou_tboards
preboards1446423_preboards
reboards1138773__reboards
rubboards1443283ru_bboards
sailboards1345483sailboards
scoreboards1653123scoreboards
seaboards1246443s_eaboards
shipboards1894103shipboards
sideboards1444643sideboards
signboards1443343signboards
skimboards1943123skimboards
skyboards1943773s_kyboards
snowboards1643693snowboards
soundboards1552043soundboards
starboards1365303starboards
storyboards1752433storyboards
superboards1645713superboards
surfbird1442593surfb_ird_
surfboarding1951573surfboarding
surfboat1345333surfboa__t

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603375.97023551.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.40627894.3
 
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