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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 “paddleboards” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

29 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
paddleboards196161(None) 
paddleboard1851901paddleboard_
paddleboats1751602paddleboa_ts
paddleballs1751263paddleb_alls
paddleboat1652183paddleboa__t
pasteboards1653183pa_steboards
bargeboards1752644ba_rgeboards
baseboards1545214ba__seboards
callboards1544974ca__llboards
cardboards1645334card__boards
fallboards1644434fa__llboards
handlebars1642374handleb_ar_s
hardboards1745164hard__boards
packboards2144444pa__ckboards
paddleball1651594paddleb_a_ll
paddlers12329154paddle___r_s
paperboards1863654pa_perboards
particleboards217844particleboards
pasteboard1553504pa_steboard_
patchboards2153154pa_tchboards
preboards1446424p___reboards
saddlebags1561654saddleb_a_gs
saddlebows17131714saddlebo__ws
saddlebreds1691414saddleb_reds
sailboards1345484sa_il_boards
sideboards1444644_sid_eboards
tailboards1345084ta_il_boards
wakeboards2044494wa__keboards
wallboards1644454wa__llboards

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790296.76618443.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.18824859.6
 
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