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

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

15 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
signposts124238(None) 
signpost1144161signpost_
kingposts1642802kingposts
signposted1451452signposted
airposts1045923ai_rposts
imposts11269003_i_mposts
kingpost1544423kingpost_
mileposts1343643mileposts
riposts9279403ri__posts
signets83311503sign__ets
signiors944923signio_rs
signoras9306553sign_oras
signors83410913sign_o_rs
signposting1551443signposting
sternposts1252503sternposts

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641156.64022385.7
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691157.06325299.6