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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 “boulder” 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.

55 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
boulder10341134(None) 
bolder94820931bo_lder
boulders113010031boulders
bouldery14295011bouldery
bounder104215531bounder
bowlder13407481bowlder
moulder10389801moulder
aulder7511452_aulder
balder95318862b_alder
blunder103813152blunder
boarder103910322boarder
boiler84319272boil_er
bolter83920752bo_lter
bonder95324782bo_nder
boodler103312002boodler
border94419972bo_rder
bouldered1344482bouldered
boulderer1244402boulderer
boule74828042boul_e_
boules84925972boul_es
boulle84614612boulle_
boulles93114122boulles
bouncer113811332bouncer
bounded113613762bounded
bounden10389452bounden
bounders114314112bounders
bouvier1277432bouvier
bowlders14306492bowlders
bowler114217312bowl_er
budder104314812b_udder
builder1037572builder
bulger94917352b_ulger
colder95121852co_lder
coulter94115602coulter
folder104317542fo_lder
fouler93614902foul_er
founder114312572founder
golder84417602go_lder
holder104619652ho_lder
hounder113412232hounder
louder74414602lou_der
molder93819272mo_lder
moulded11348062moulded
moulders11348342moulders
mouldier1154962mouldier
moulter93812422moulter
older65121172_o_lder
polder94019252po_lder
poulter93712012poulter
pounder103314002pounder
rounder83514602rounder
shoulder1234752shoulder
smoulder1133442smoulder
solder73921342so_lder
sounder83315382sounder

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671553.40631612.2
3Display Results55550.0301833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691553.79647073.5
 
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