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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 “boyhood” 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.

56 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
boyhood164649(None) 
boyhoods1744881boyhoods
babyhood1953102babyhood
baywood1646442baywood
bogwood1446412bogwood
boohoo1148832boohoo_
boohooed1444432boohooed
boohoos1237992boohoos
boxwood2045242boxwood
godhood1345142godhood
sonhood1168312sonhood
babyhoods2042913babyhoods
baywoods1745593baywoods
beblood12106083beblood
behold1247343b_ehold
behoof1458683b_ehoof
beyond1237073bey_ond
bhoot104322103b__hoot
blood85319523b__lood
boathook1744763boathook
bogwoods1544823bogwoods
boho96923323bo_h_o_
bohos105618253bo_h_os
booboo1039463booboo_
booboos1138143booboos
boocoo1039003boocoo_
boocoos1137753boocoos
booed85127273bo__oed
bookoo1248343bookoo_
bookoos1337503bookoos
boshbok1844063boshbok
bowhead1636433bowhead
boxwoods2144183boxwoods
boyard125411283boy_ard
boycott1457313boycott
boyo96923843boy__o_
boyos105418283boy__os
brood84620243b__rood
byroad1236623b_yroad
byword1535053b_yword
copyhold1953293copyhold
dogwood1354913dogwood
godhoods1444173godhoods
hood85132333___hood
ladhood1246473ladhood
ladyhood1643193ladyhood
logwood1255573logwood
manhood1338993manhood
monkhood1884993monkhood
nonfood1156653nonfood
plywood1645133plywood
pothook1656883pothook
skyhook1642583skyhook
sonhoods1247083sonhoods
toehold1146573toehold
unhood1039233_unhood

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit134027566.48620664.0
3Display Results56560.0134307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691566.90225889.7
 
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