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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbalboa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

17 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
balboa1038996(None) 
balboas113710071balboas
bilboa10367841bilboa
alba68328332_alb_a
baba88828342ba_b_a
babka137812912ba_bka
baboo94319502ba_boo
balata8614672balata
ballon84117492ballon
ballot84624092ballot
balsa77920412bal_sa
bamboo12310012bamboo
batboy1387532batboy
bilbo95513602bilbo_
bilboas11438722bilboas
bilbos105011192bilbos
halloa94918122halloa

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 Filter178691825510.233766914.2
2DLD Change Limit82551176.04613653.8
3Display Results17170.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691176.27928458.5