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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forweatherboard” 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.

10 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
weatherboard215296(None) 
weatherboards2262601weatherboards
weatherboarded2471502weatherboarded
beaverboard19142263bea_verboard
centerboard1652873cent_erboard
leaderboard1552253lea_derboard
motherboard1952723_motherboard
teeterboard1452133teet_erboard
weatherboarding2571303weatherboarding
weatherworn2052613weatherwo_rn

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 Filter178691950240.716249568.4
2DLD Change Limit95024108.01611854.3
3Display Results10100.016625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691108.74820426.5