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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fortagboards” 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.

11 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
tagboards134513(None) 
tagboard1245561tagboard_
garboards1346362garboards
lapboards14105372lapboards
larboards1246982larboards
pegboards1544022pegboards
starboards1365302starboards
tabards10310382ta_b_ards
tackboards1944362tackboards
tailboards1345082tailboards
teaboards1245392teaboards

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 Filter1786911214360.530337152.8
2DLD Change Limit121436116.34319144.9
3Display Results11110.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691116.87325999.0