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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 “bankbooks” 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.

29 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
bankbooks164308(None) 
bankbook1543321bankbook_
handbooks1944392handbooks
babools11319453ba__bools
baboons113211083ba__boons
baboos103517013ba__boo_s
backblocks2152853backblocks
backbones1947253backbones
backrooms1945633backrooms
backwoods2146393backwoods
bamboos1348753ba_mboo_s
bandboxes2143793bandboxes
bangkoks1441843ban_gkoks
banknotes1544313banknotes
bankrolls1543003bankrolls
bannocks1644353ban_nocks
bluebooks1743153bluebooks
casebooks1743793casebooks
cashbooks2043223cashbooks
cookbooks1643853cookbooks
datebooks1643113datebooks
daybooks1843983da_ybooks
handbook1844733handbook_
jackboots2443643jackboots
lawbooks1743743la_wbooks
nonbooks1446123non_books
passbooks1743163passbooks
songbooks1643413songbooks
workbooks1743413workbooks

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641297.04621095.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.48523873.2
 
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