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

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

13 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
potholed144839(None) 
pothole12312171pothole_
potholes13312931potholes
petioled1137992petioled
pooled94619812po__oled
porthole1349522porthole_
portholes14410372portholes
posthole1339532posthole_
postholes14410452postholes
potboiled1443272potboiled
pothered142311042pothered
potholder1544762potholder
tholed105113872__tholed

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 Filter1786911210590.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit121059137.07617108.4
3Display Results13130.016812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691137.87522690.9