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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 “pegboards” 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.

42 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
pegboards154402(None) 
pegboard1444801pegboard_
bedboards15114872bedboards
keyboards1943962keyboards
leeboards1244792leeboards
preboards1446422preboards
reboards1138772re_boards
seaboards1246442seaboards
tagboards1345132tagboards
teaboards1245392teaboards
bedboard14115723bedboard_
boards94616933___boards
boxboards2144263boxboards
cupboards1643813cupboards
debeards1235503de_beards
freeboards1644473freeboards
fretboards1643673fretboards
garboards1346363garboards
headboards1744333headboards
inboards1145843_inboards
keyboard1844503keyboard_
lapboards14105373lapboards
larboards1246983larboards
leeboard1145433leeboard_
mopboards1643753mopboards
outboards1246213outboards
packboards2144443packboards
paperboards1863653paperboards
pegboxes2043143pegbo_xes
petards104311153pe__tards
pigboats1344523pigboa_ts
preboard1338263preboard_
pressboards1652243pressboards
reboard10310763re_board_
regards94112563reg__ards
rubboards1443283rubboards
seaboard1147433seaboard_
signboards1443343signboards
skyboards1943773skyboards
superboards1645713superboards
tagboard1245563tagboard_
teaboard1146293teaboard_

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641426.92321470.6
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691427.34224338.2
 
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