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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 “wallboard” 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.

46 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
wallboard154502(None) 
callboard1445661callboard
fallboard1545051fallboard
wallboards1644451wallboards
billboard1444712billboard
callboards1544972callboards
fallboards1644432fallboards
millboard1444652millboard
sailboard1245902sailboard
tailboard1245772tailboard
wakeboard1944752wakeboard
washboard1844522washboard
aboard9312613_a__board
allobar946663_allobar_
allobars1046583_allobars
backboard2047183backboard
ballyard1445893ball_yard
baseboard1445543baseboard
billboards1544063billboards
cardboard1545863cardboard
chalkboard2252633chalkboard
clapboard1683953clapboard
dartboard1344253dartboard
dashboard1643803dashboard
galliard10125763gall_iard
garboard1247243ga_rboard
halliard12125973hall_iard
halloaed121510153hall_oaed
hardboard1645583hardboard
lapboard1355783la_pboard
larboard1157663la_rboard
mallard10310273mall__ard
millboards1544093millboards
moldboard1543103moldboard
packboard2044843packboard
sailboards1345483sailboards
tackboard1844723tackboard
tagboard1245563ta_gboard
tailboards1345083tailboards
wakeboards2044493wakeboards
walloped14146833wall_oped
wallowed15148173wall_owed
warlord1136293warl_o_rd
washboards1944093washboards
wellborn1343403wellbo_rn
willyard1543963will_yard

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641468.40617682.7
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691468.87520134.2
 
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