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

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

20 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
mileposts134364(None) 
milepost1245731milepost_
airposts1045923ai_rposts
firepots1346893firepo_ts
gateposts1243103gateposts
guideposts1451303guideposts
heelposts1442783heelposts
imposts11269003_i_mposts
kingposts1642803kingposts
midmosts1343773mi_dmosts
milkworts1843443milkworts
millepores1443863millepores
millponds1443503millponds
misreports1443943misreports
molests93311563mole__sts
pileworts1495353pileworts
riposts9279403ri__posts
signposts1242383signposts
teleosts846423tele_osts
teleports1145453teleports

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 Limit148641207.40620070.3
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691207.82922824.2