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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 “soapboxes” 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.

31 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
soapboxes204327(None) 
soapboxed2142361soapboxed
coalboxes2043682coalboxes
soapbox1843122soapbox__
boomboxes2243443boomboxes
cowpoxes2244513cowp_oxes
gearboxes1942943gearboxes
hatboxes2055003_hatboxes
hotboxes2045063ho_tboxes
lockboxes2453453lockboxes
outboxes1737823_outboxes
postboxes2045243postboxes
saltboxes1853083saltboxes
sandboxes1944463sandboxes
sapotes9313943s_ap_otes
saprobes1237033s_aprobes
sawbones13126643s_awbones
shoeboxes2143963shoeboxes
skyboxes2442673s_kyboxes
soapbarks1743013soapbarks
soapboxing2241833soapboxing
soapstones1243893soapstones
soapworts1444323soapworts
sonovoxes1942803sonovoxes
sorboses1038523so_rboses
soundboxes2052223soundboxes
sweatboxes2251553sweatboxes
teaboxes1745063tea_boxes
toolboxes1843213toolboxes
woodboxes2243953woodboxes
workboxes2543883workboxes

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641317.19020673.3
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.63923391.9
 
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