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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 “poshest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 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
poshest1231242(None) 
boshes114721882boshes_
coshes115022782coshes_
cosiest93819852cosiest
gashest114813412gashest
joshes165114852joshes_
lushest103312282lushest
moshes115222872moshes_
mostest9314792mostest
noshes96618232noshes_
nosiest73415672nosiest
pashes115828392pashes_
pishes114722102pishes_
plushest13328282plushest
pokiest133314912pokiest
poorest9312772poorest
poses74642762pos_es_
posher115018162poshe_r
poshness1356652poshness
posies84431432posies_
posses85128802posses_
possess9419122possess
posset84923252posse_t
possets94212772possets
postheat13411242postheat
posttest10410232posttest
poxiest163412252poxiest
prosiest10416522prosiest
pushes114621662pushes_
pushiest133211712pushiest
rashest103916872rashest
rosiest73919212rosiest
toshes94520102toshes_

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit107671332.93636672.7
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.09557735.4
 
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