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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbuttonholing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

13 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
buttonholing186133(None) 
buttonhooking236752buttonhooking
buttonhole1552343buttonhol__e
buttonholed1751673buttonhol_ed
buttonholer1661683buttonhol_er
buttonholers1761353buttonholers
buttonholes1652213buttonhol_es
buttoning1246463button___ing
buttonhook1961704buttonho__ok
buttonhooked2261044buttonhooked
buttonhooks2061614buttonho_oks
outfooling1445474outfo__oling
pigeonholing196964pigeonholing

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit124790138.75314256.8
3Display Results13130.0131000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691139.07619688.3