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

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

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
posters9392801(None) 
costers94128331costers
fosters104220101fosters
pasters94531731pasters
pesters93827091pesters
porters93722701porters
posers84223971pos_ers
poster84129171poster_
postern93615611postern
posterns102713721posterns
potters94024341potters
pouters94221871pouters
powters124015661powters
rosters73727541rosters
zosters163015411zosters

Search took 2 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 Filter178691695830.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit69583151.12361961.7
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691151.216146949.8