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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 “springboard” 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.

34 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
springboard175181(None) 
springboards1851481springboards
signboard1343773s__ignboard
springald1343683spring__ald
springbok1842003springbo__k
springboks1951943springbo_ks
springhead17102693springhea_d
springwood1752013springwo_od
inboard1037064___in_board
pegboard1444804_p__egboard
preboard1338264_pr__eboard
pressboard1553034_pressboard
ringbark1544054__ringb_ark
sailboard1245904s_ai_lboard
shinguard1442584s_hing_uard
shipboard1754344s_hi_pboard
sideboard1345174s__ideboard
signboards1443344s__ignboards
skimboard1843284s_ki_mboard
soundboard1452324s_oundboard
splashboard1951254splashboard
springal1145974spring__a_l
springalds1442714spring__alds
springals1245374spring__als
springed123911324spring___ed
springer113311754spring__er_
springers12309984spring__ers
springheads18102244springheads
springhouse1752004springhouse
springier1236024spring_ier_
springtail13132334spring_tail
springwoods1851974springwoods
stringybark216834stringybark
surfboard1543914sur__fboard

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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819348.56317379.3
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691348.99919856.8
 
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