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

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

16 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
poster8412917(None) 
coster84331291coster
foster94322221foster
paster85734371paster
pester84827591pester
porter84224411porter
poser75128771pos_er
posher115018161posher
posted93722491posted
postern93615601postern
posters93927991posters
potter83926981potter
pouter83923981pouter
powter114116031powter
roster64329081roster
zoster153715851zoster

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691487550.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit48755160.86056691.9
3Display Results16160.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691160.936190909.2