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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 “postpone” 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.

99 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
postpone124869(None) 
postponed1445901postponed
postponer1346031postponer
postpones1348831postpones
postpose1247651postpose
postcode1346322postcode
posthole1339532posthole
postponers1445272postponers
postposed1445302postposed
postposes1348192postposes
postpunk1642302postpunk
potstone1039422potstone
boston8513043bost_on_
bostons9312903bost_ons
compone136517193co_mpone
cornpone1246933cornpone
estrone7413953_estrone
histone10312843hist_one
isotone7239983isot_one
oestrone849973oestrone
oospore939013oos_pore
ostiole739013_ostiole
outdone8311643_outdone
outgone8311463_outgone
peptone11310763pept_one
pesthole1347553pesthole
pistole92414313pist_ole
piston83515923pist_on_
pistons93016373pist_ons
polyphone1946613polyphone
polypore1547453polypore
pompon1238943po_mpon_
pompons1338553po_mpons
pontine92419053pont_ine
ponton83217643pont_on_
pontons93315553pont_ons
pontoon93010703pontoon_
pontoons10279313pontoons
porthole1349523porthole
portion9615493portion_
portioned1248333portioned
portioner1158683portioner
portions10514413portions
position10912193position_
positioned1396003positioned
positions11811503positions
positron1096903positron_
positrons1186543positrons
posole8314223pos__ole
postage103214853post_age
postbase1246443postbase
postbox1885493postbo_x
postboxes2045243postboxes
postboy1476673postbo_y
postboys1585273postboys
postcodes1446153postcodes
postcoup1443863postcoup
postdate1139653postdate
postdive1445763postdive
postdoc1245263postdo_c
postdocs1345273postdocs
posteen93512623posteen_
posteens10309733posteens
postern93615613postern_
posterns102713723posterns
postface1566123postface
postfire1346273postfire
postform1556213postform
postgame1345523postgame
postholes14410453postholes
postiche1547793postiche
postie84123963post__ie
postin83521033post_in_
posting105622243post_ing
postins93721203post_ins
postique1945873postique
postlude1144543postlude
postman112410043postman_
postmen113110423postmen_
postop10511943post_o_p
postops11311713post_ops
postpaid1376543postpaid
postponable1752963postponable
postponing1555743postponing
postposing1555023postposing
postrace12310543postrace
postsync1542143postsync
postteen1055693postteen
posture9313253post_ure
pothole12312173po_thole
potion84519573po_tion_
potions93417423po_tions
potline91015233po_tline
potpie103412433po_tp_ie
potstones1149213potstones
poutine93316823pout_ine
propone112716303p_ropone
stone55431183__st_one
topstone1046883topst_one

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162997.53019410.6
3Display Results99990.0462152.2
 (SQL Overall)178691997.99922339.2
 
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