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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 “fallboards” 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.

44 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
fallboards164443(None) 
callboards1544971callboards
fallboard1545051fallboard_
wallboards1644451wallboards
billboards1544062billboards
callboard1445662callboard_
millboards1544092millboards
sailboards1345482sailboards
tailboards1345082tailboards
wallboard1545022wallboard_
allobars1046583_allobar_s
backboards2146193backboards
ballyards1544993ball_yards
baseboards1545213baseboards
billboard1444713billboard_
cardboards1645333cardboards
chalkboards2352553chalkboards
clapboards17113673clapboards
dartboards1443883dartboards
dashboards1743483dashboards
fahlbands1842633fahlb_ands
fallbacks2044353fallb_acks
faltboats1444073faltboa_ts
fireboards1645433fireboards
flashboards2052473flashboards
footboards1644083footboards
freeboards1644473freeboards
fretboards1643673fretboards
galliards1194543gall_iards
garboards1346363ga_rboards
halliards13104933hall_iards
hardboards1745163hardboards
lapboards14105373la_pboards
larboards1246983la_rboards
mallards1138323mall__ards
millboard1444653millboard_
moldboards1642793moldboards
packboards2144443packboards
sailboard1245903sailboard_
tackboards1944363tackboards
tagboards1345133ta_gboards
tailboard1245773tailboard_
wakeboards2044493wakeboards
washboards1944093washboards

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603445.84324063.5
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691446.26528522.1
 
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