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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “postal” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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55 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
postal	8	43	1753	(None)
costal	8	54	1951	1	costal
portal	8	42	1846	1	portal
postals	9	37	1637	1	postals
aortal	6	52	1751	2	aortal
apostil	9	4	790	2	apostil
borstal	9	3	904	2	borstal
coastal	9	4	1103	2	coastal
coital	8	41	1705	2	coital
costa	7	55	2373	2	costa_
costae	8	53	1968	2	costae
costar	8	55	1861	2	costar
distal	7	36	1576	2	distal
dossal	7	55	1030	2	dossal
dotal	6	49	1962	2	do_tal
festal	9	42	1356	2	festal
foetal	9	3	1188	2	foetal
fontal	9	3	1314	2	fontal
hosta	8	59	1783	2	hosta_
hostas	9	45	1582	2	hostas
hostel	9	39	1415	2	hostel
instal	6	7	1218	2	instal
mortal	8	46	1685	2	mortal
notal	5	52	2135	2	no_tal
octal	7	12	1472	2	_octal
osteal	6	3	1295	2	_osteal
pascal	10	8	1237	2	pascal
pasta	7	66	2453	2	pasta_
pastas	8	54	2287	2	pastas
pastel	8	59	1871	2	pastel
pastil	8	50	1832	2	pastil
petal	7	65	2689	2	p_etal
pistil	8	39	1507	2	pistil
pistol	8	33	1333	2	pistol
pontil	8	3	1546	2	pontil
portals	9	40	1556	2	portals
post	6	79	5336	2	post__
postage	10	32	1485	2	postage
postally	13	3	1027	2	postally
postanal	10	4	805	2	postanal
postbag	12	4	522	2	postbag
posted	9	37	2249	2	posted
poster	8	41	2917	2	poster
postie	8	41	2396	2	postie
postin	8	35	2103	2	postin
postman	11	24	1004	2	postman
postop	10	5	1194	2	postop
postoral	10	3	1170	2	postoral
posts	7	52	2878	2	post_s
posttax	16	4	553	2	posttax
postural	10	4	919	2	postural
postwar	12	3	690	2	postwar
rostral	7	3	1131	2	rostral
total	5	53	2182	2	to_tal
vestal	9	46	1557	2	vestal

Search took 6 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	82551	0.236	757165.3
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	55	5.310	15546.3
3	Display Results	55	55	0.033	1666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	5.579	32029.2