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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 “bareboat” 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
bareboat124994(None) 
bareboats1345831bareboats
barefoot1346412barefoot
fireboat1349092fireboat
aerobat9514473_aerobat
airboat9512133_airboat
backbeat1847843backbeat
bakemeat1655273bakemeat
balboa10389963ba_lboa_
balboas113710073ba_lboas
barbal104016663bar_b_al
barbate11314543bar_b_ate
barbet104427883bar_b_et
barbut104617003bar_b_ut
bareback1846093bareback
bareboned1445103bareboned
barefit1249723bare_fit
barehead1446603barehead
barest85327693bare__st
bargeboard1652993bargeboard
baseboard1445543baseboard
baseborn1244453baseborn
bluebeat1245533bluebeat
bluecoat1244493bluecoat
bumboat1349023b_umboat
burbot10815653bur_bo_t
catboat11412243ca_tboat
faltboat1346233faltboat
farebox1943823farebo_x
fireboats1446413fireboats
firebrat1348143firebrat
hardboot1446943hardboot
iceboat1147163_iceboat
lifeboat1344933lifeboat
marabout1249103marabout
rarebit948423rareb_it
reboant9315093__reboant
reboot84119333__reboot
recoat84024273__recoat
sailboat1047693sailboat
sauceboat1353773sauceboat
surfboat1345333surfboat
whaleboat1753853whaleboat
workboat1745463workboat
zareba1736423zareb_a_
zarebas1836303zareb_as

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162467.48619524.7
3Display Results46460.0301533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691467.67223291.3
 
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