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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 “saltboxes” 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.

30 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
saltboxes185308(None) 
hatboxes2055002ha_tboxes
saltbox1643742saltbox__
sandboxes1944462sandboxes
bandboxes2143793bandboxes
cashboxes2343053cashboxes
coalboxes2043683coal_boxes
faltboats1444073faltboats
fareboxes2144493fareboxes
hellboxes2154303hellboxes
hotboxes2045063_hotboxes
mailboxes2042713mailboxes
maltoses1039863malt_oses
outboxes1737823_outboxes
pillboxes2053353pillboxes
postboxes2045243postboxes
saltbushes1542173saltbushes
salties73725773salt__ies
saltines82917793salt_ines
saltires83112433salt_ires
saltworks1645173saltworks
saltworts1244643saltworts
salvoes102811313sal_vo_es
sauceboxes2151763sauceboxes
sawbones13126643sa_wbones
shoeboxes2143963shoeboxes
skyboxes2442673s_kyboxes
smallpoxes2151593smallpoxes
soapboxes2043273soapboxes
sweatboxes2251553sweatboxes

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641309.33015931.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691309.76618297.3
 
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