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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 “headboard” 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.

36 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
headboard164493(None) 
headboards1744331headboards
bedboard14115722be_dboard
breadboard1652882breadboard
hardboard1645582hardboard
headband1544842headb_and
headword1645522headwo_rd
seaboard1147432sea_board
teaboard1146292tea_board
aboard9312613__a_board
bedboards15114873be_dboards
breadboards1752503breadboards
cardboard1545863cardboard
chessboard1852003chessboard
clapboard1683953clapboard
garboard1247243_garboard
hardboards1745163hardboards
headbands1644343headb_ands
headgear1343373headgear_
headgears1443153headgears
headland1345613head_land
headstand1444523headstand
headwords1745343headwo_rds
headwork1945793headwo_rk
keyboard1844503ke_yboard
lapboard1355783_lapboard
larboard1157663_larboard
leaderboard1552253leaderboard
leeboard1145433le_eboard
moldboard1543103moldboard
pegboard1444803pe_gboard
reboard10310763re__board
seaboards1246443sea_boards
starboard1275843starboard
tagboard1245563_tagboard
teaboards1245393tea_boards

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641367.42320024.4
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.84522777.7
 
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