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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 “boots” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
boots7583797(None) 
bhoots11459911bhoots
blots75626171blots
boats75635151boats
bolts76232111bolts
boobs96221991boobs
books115729711books
booms95427121booms
boons75031911boons
boors74325011boors
boos67955031boo_s
boost75132471boost
boosts86115011boosts
boot67759371boot_
booth105522011booth
booths115313791booths
booty106125911booty
borts76735451borts
bots66453951b_ots
botts75224861botts
bouts75131311bouts
coots75636841coots
foots85528281foots
hoots84830251hoots
loots55431421loots
moots75831661moots
oots46446441_oots
roots55933671roots
soots55536211soots
toots55331871toots

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0602978183.3
2DLD Change Limit28756300.56351076.4
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691300.623286823.4
 
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