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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 “bosun” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

39 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
bosun7511359(None) 
boson76019731boson
bosuns8439381bosuns
basin75026922basin
begun85113442begun
bison75716982bison
bogan87519002bogan
bogus85616472bogus
bohunk1533742bohunk
bolson8410682bolson
bolus79125542bolus
bonus75324322bonus
boon67142172bo_on
born67338412bo_rn
boron76727142boron
bos57966812bos__
bosh96328972bos_h
bosk105825732bos_k
bosks115218852bosks
bosky145612392bosky
bosom95516922bosom
bosons85016652bosons
bosque17257732bosque
boss65938342bos_s
bossy105515972bossy
boston8513042boston
bound84819582bo_und
bourn75518482bourn
bouse75931852bouse
bousy104917842bousy
bout66353292bo_ut
bun56348142b__un
eosin55220922eosin
hosen85623882hosen
korun9411922korun
noun45724182no_un
rosin55325312rosin
sun37149032__sun
vodun937222vodun

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800391.64032804.9
3Display Results39390.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691391.733103110.8
 
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