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

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

26 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
paperboards186365(None) 
paperboard1764111paperboard_
paperbarks2052902paperb_arks
paperbounds1851722paperbounds
superboards1645712superboards
baseboards1545213base_boards
beaverboards20142123beaverboards
fiberboards1952613fiberboards
garboards1346363ga__rboards
lapboards14105373lap__boards
larboards1246983la__rboards
leaderboards1652053leaderboards
linerboards1452503linerboards
packboards2144443pa_ckboards
paperbacks2243713paperb_acks
paperbark1963133paperb_ar_k
paperbound1752333paperbound_
paperboys1843073paperbo__ys
paperworks2144073paperwo_rks
pasteboards1653183pasteboards
patchboards2153153patchboards
pegboards1544023__pegboards
plasterboards1881733plasterboards
preboards1446423p_re_boards
superboard1546743superboard_
wakeboards2044493wake_boards

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633265.20323377.5
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691265.62231784.2
 
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