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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 “footboys” 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.

61 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
footboys164433(None) 
footboy1544911footboy_
footbags1444522footbags
footways1744872footways
postboys1585272postboys
potboys1475272_potboys
batboys1465833_batboys
booboos1138143boo_boos
copyboys2042663copyboys
cowboys1735253_cowboys
flyboys18112943f_lyboys
foetors1039763foet_ors
fogbows1643853f_ogbows
foodways1844293foodways
footages1239053footages
footbag1344553footb_ag
football1345613football
footballs1445363footballs
footbath1664013footbath
footbaths1763093footbaths
footboard1544493footboard
footboards1644083footboards
footers104618333foot_ers
foothold1545203foothold
footholds1644363footholds
footies103721543foot_ies
footings12248833footings
footlers113910793footlers
footles103715713foot_les
footless113710803footless
footloose1242643footloose
footnote1144933footnote
footnotes1244323footnotes
footpads1443983footpads
footrope1346253footrope
footropes1446413footropes
foots85528283foot___s
footsies1139643footsies
footslogs1342723footslogs
footsore1146063footsore
footsy12587933foot_sy_
footway1635253footway_
footwork1845813footwork
footworks1945453footworks
footworn1445163footworn
footy115820533foot__y_
forebays1637263forebays
foxtrots1843923foxtrots
goodbys14354173goodb_ys
goombays1642823goombays
hautboys1642773hautboys
homeboys1845523homeboys
lowboys1534213_lowboys
moonbows1543953moonbows
outbuys1246053_outbuys
plowboys1842363plowboys
poboys1397313_po_boys
postboy1476673postboy_
potboy1397813_potboy_
shopboys1843273shopboys
tomboys1435713_tomboys

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162617.26620115.9
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691617.70223200.6
 
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