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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 “postcodes” 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.

53 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
postcodes144615(None) 
postcode1346321postcode_
postboxes2045242postboxes
postholes14410452postholes
postludes1244622postludes
postpones1348832postpones
postposes1348192postposes
cestodes1138203cest_odes
custodes1136653cust_odes
miscodes13310423mis_codes
osteoses839033_osteoses
ostioles839273_ostioles
ostoses71213553_ost_oses
ostracodes1343073_ostracodes
outcomes1239763_outcomes
outmodes11208963_outmodes
pentodes11310363pent_odes
pestholes1448233pestholes
pesticides1546723pesticides
pistoles102514723pist_oles
portholes14410373portholes
porticoes1348253portico_es
posoles9314883pos__oles
postages112815323post_ages
postboys1585273postbo_ys
postcards1445733postcards
postcavas1653523postcavas
postcoup1443863postco_up
postdates1248863postdates
postdocs1345273postdo_cs
postfaces1656273postfaces
postfixes2164473postfixes
postforms1644603postforms
posthole1339533posthole_
postiches1648223postiches
posties93128813post__ies
postiques2045833postiques
postlude1144543postlude_
postmodern1553113postmodern
postops11311713post_o_ps
postpone1248693postpone_
postponed1445903postponed
postponer1346033postponer
postponers1445273postponers
postpose1247653postpose_
postposed1445303postposed
postrider1246653postrider
postriders1344853postriders
postures10313783post_ures
potholes13312933po_tholes
potstones1149213potstones
precodes13711573p_recodes
roscoes9310923ros_co_es

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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641537.01621186.0
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691537.49923828.6
 
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