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

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

17 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
postholes1441045(None) 
pestholes1448231pestholes
portholes14410371portholes
posthole1339531posthole_
potholes13312931po_tholes
boltholes1445722boltholes
ostioles839272_ostioles
pesthole1347552pesthole_
pistoles102514722pist_oles
porthole1349522porthole_
posoles9314882pos__oles
postboxes2045242postboxes
postcodes1446152postcodes
postpones1348832postpones
postposes1348182postposes
pothole12312172po_thole_
potholed1448392po_tholed

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 Filter1786911214360.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121436176.84317746.0
3Display Results17170.033515.2
 (SQL Overall)178691177.01625469.1