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

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

12 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
pestholes144823(None) 
pesthole1347551pesthole_
postholes14410451postholes
peepholes1646282peepholes
pesthouse1445962pesthouse
pesthouses1546242pesthouses
pestles93217692pest__les
petioles10311642pe_tioles
pistoles102514722pist_oles
portholes14410372portholes
posthole1339532posthole_
potholes13312932p_otholes

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 Filter1786911214360.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit121436127.50016191.5
3Display Results12120.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691127.65623340.0