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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 “tackboards” 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.

44 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
tackboards194436(None) 
backboards2146191backboards
packboards2144441packboards
tackboard1844721tackboard_
backboard2047182backboard_
blackboards2253832blackboards
buckboards2143612buckboards
duckboards2042722duckboards
kickboards1843352kickboards
packboard2044842packboard_
tagboards1345132ta_gboards
tailboards1345082tailboards
backloads1846293backloa_ds
backwards2147463back_wards
backyards2146533back_yards
baseboards1545213baseboards
blackboard2144253blackboard_
buckboard2044233buckboard_
callboards1544973callboards
cardboards1645333cardboards
chalkboards2352553chalkboards
corkboards1944113corkboards
dartboards1443883dartboards
dashboards1743483dashboards
duckboard1943013duckboard_
fallboards1644433fallboards
garboards1346363ga_rboards
hardboards1745163hardboards
kickboard1743823kickboard_
lapboards14105373la_pboards
larboards1246983la_rboards
matchboards2152893matchboards
patchboards2153153patchboards
sailboards1345483sailboards
starboards1365303sta_rboards
tabards10310383ta__b_ards
tagboard1245563ta_gboard_
tailboard1245773tailboard_
tankards1366253tank__ards
taskbars1452993taskb_ar_s
teaboards1245393t_eaboards
wakeboards2044493wakeboards
wallboards1644453wallboards
washboards1944093washboards

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603445.59625125.6
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691446.03229623.8
 
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