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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 “boson” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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86 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
boson7601973(None) 
bison75716981bison
bolson8410681bolson
boon67142171bo_on
boron76727141boron
bosom95516921bosom
bosons85016651bosons
boston8513041boston
bosun75113591bosun
aboon74918702abo_on
arson55118832arson
bacon95620592bacon
baron78131242baron
basin75026922basin
basion84315852basion
baton75822422baton
belon73924112belon
besom95716972besom
besot76429712besot
beton76022062beton
bisons83914372bisons
blouson974892blouson
bogan87519002bogan
boho96923322boho_
bohos105618252bohos
bolo65535952bolo_
bolos75531372bolos
bolsons969482bolsons
bonbon10310072bonbon
boo58163662bo_o_
boob85932582bo_ob
book106836332bo_ok
boom87435672bo_om
boons75031912bo_ons
boor66130682bo_or
boos67955032bo_os
boost75132472boost
boot67759372bo_ot
born67338412bo_rn
borons85520542borons
bos57966812bos__
bosh96328972bos_h
bosk105825732bos_k
bosks115218852bosks
bosky145612392bosky
bosoms104913052bosoms
bosomy13509032bosomy
bosonic1139212bosonic
boss65938342bos_s
bossy105515972bossy
bostons9312902bostons
bosuns8439382bosuns
bourn75518482bourn
bouton8311532bouton
boyo96923842boyo_
boyos105418282boyos
bozo156821412bozo_
bozos165216862bozos
codon86522852codon
cogon89120902cogon
colon78630192colon
coon67248942co_on
dobson936592dobson
eosin55220922eosin
foison948932foison
godson857382godson
goon57236172go_on
hosen85623882hosen
hyson1138692hyson
jomon14610082jomon
logon615922312logon
loon47344792lo_on
mason74820182mason
meson74118312meson
moon67140812mo_on
moron76925422moron
noon47134622no_on
poison8312222poison
poon67341262po_on
rosin55325312rosin
solon55026132solon
son37761952__son
soon46240502so_on
toon47740632to_on
toyon86715672toyon
zoon137326982zo_on

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800861.47036598.6
3Display Results86860.0165375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691861.79699493.9
 
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