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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 “footboy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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87 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
footboy154491(None) 
footboys1644331footboys
footbag1344552footbag
footsy12587932foot_sy
footway1635252footway
footy115820532foot__y
postboy1476672postboy
potboy1397812_potboy
batboy1387533_batboy
booboo1039463boo_boo
booby125319513boo_b_y
boombox2073613boombox
bootery1238983bootery
booty106125913boot__y
copyboy1963513copyboy
cowboy1637063_cowboy
flyboy17113913f_lyboy
foetor939563foet_or
fogbow1544783f_ogbow
foolery1336693foolery
foot76248013foot___
footage1148843footage
footbags1444523footbags
football1345613football
footbath1664013footbath
footboard1544493footboard
footed104418623foot_ed
footer94320773foot_er
footers104618333footers
foothold1545203foothold
footie94718143foot_ie
footier104115113footier
footies103721543footies
footing115017593footing
footle93914383foot_le
footled113610763footled
footler104011873footler
footles103715713footles
footman1236403footman
footmen1246583footmen
footnote1144933footnote
footpad1343903footpad
footrope1346253footrope
foots85528283foot__s
footsie1047653footsie
footslog1242663footslog
footsore1146063footsore
footways1744873footways
footwork1845813footwork
footworn1445163footworn
forby135317673f_orb_y
forebay1538133forebay
forebody1745153forebody
foreby1438633foreb_y
fortify1636523fortify
forty114824273fort__y
foxtrot1746303foxtrot
frothy15578373frot_hy
goodby13406283goodb_y
goombay1543553goombay
hautboy1553423hautboy
homeboy1746153homeboy
hooty115022443hoot__y
hotbox1835703_hotbox
looby108115623loo_b_y
lowboy1435903_lowboy
moonbow1443873moonbow
outbox1537463_outbox
outbuy1146943_outbuy
outby10411533_outb_y
plowboy1743183plowboy
poboy121612223_po_boy
postbox1885493postbox
postboys1585273postboys
potboys1475273_potboys
rooty86423023root__y
shopboy1743803shopboy
soothly13186923soothly
sootily101810523sootily
sooty84924843soot__y
tomboy1358213_tomboy
toolbox1653633toolbox
toothy12529693toot_hy
tootsy9437983toot_sy
woodbox2043693woodbox
zootomy2154803zootomy
zooty175415353zoot__y

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 Filter1786911340270.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit134027875.75023309.0
3Display Results87870.0302900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691876.17328947.2
 
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