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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 “fretboards” 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.

29 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
fretboards164367(None) 
freeboards1644471freeboards
fretboard1543981fretboard_
fireboards1645432fire_boards
footboards1644082footboards
freeboard1545252freeboard_
preboards1446422pre_boards
reboards1138772_re_boards
bedboards15114873_bedboards
breadboards1752503breadboards
dartboards1443883dartboards
fallboards1644433fallboards
fiberboards1952613fiberboards
fibreboards1952663fibre_boards
fireboard1546613fire_board_
footboard1544493footboard_
freeloads1343903freeloa_ds
fretworks1945113fretwo_rks
keyboards1943963_keyboards
leeboards1244793_leeboards
outboards1246213_outboards
pegboards1544023_pegboards
preboard1338263pre_board_
pressboards1652243pressboards
reboard10310763_re_board_
retards85015003_ret__ards
rubboards1443283_rubboards
seaboards1246443_seaboards
teaboards1245393_teaboards

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603296.76620780.8
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691297.21924752.9
 
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