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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “upholsteries” 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.

27 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
upholsteries175246(None) 
upholstered1751812upholster_ed
upholsterer1651602upholster_er
upholsterers1751332upholsterers
upholstering1852002upholstering
upholsters1542732upholster__s
upholster1442683upholster___
upholstery1851853upholster__y
allosteries1155394allo_steries
holsteins1245264__holste_ins
holstered1345884__holster_ed
holstering1447084__holstering
holsters113211944__holster__s
hosieries1249214__ho_sieries
hostelries1345424__ho_stelries
phalansteries1862014_phalansteries
philatelies1653274_philatelies
phylacteries2273334_phylacteries
polytenies1547114_p_olytenies
potteries11313594_p_o_tteries
proletaries1348454_proletaries
psalteries1276564_psal_teries
reupholstered196974reupholster_ed
reupholstering2061104reupholstering
reupholsters1751294reupholster__s
upcountries1552014upcount_ries
upholders1543644uphol_der__s

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790277.39016886.3
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.79622920.9
 
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