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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 “boy” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 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
boy8775356(None) 
bay89661641bay
bey86645421bey
bo410957571bo_
boa56954031boa
bob76755661bob
bod67055541bod
body107425671body
bog67852411bog
bogy106426191bogy
bony96732081bony
boo58163661boo
bop77549481bop
bos57966811bos
bot59680401bot
bow87051901bow
box1210142341box
boxy166420731boxy
boyo96923841boyo
boys96737331boys
buoy95921781buoy
buy86436541buy
by77529231b_y
coy810557551coy
foy96044261foy
goy77844551goy
hoy97447911hoy
joy137036361joy
oy58950131_oy
soy67851451soy
toy69655191toy

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 Filter17869151460.0602978183.3
2DLD Change Limit5146310.09653604.2
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691310.1561145455.1
 
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