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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 “upholsterer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

32 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
upholsterer165160(None) 
upholstered1751811upholstered
upholsterers1751331upholsterers
upholster1442682upholst__er
upholsteries1752462upholsteries
upholsters1542732upholster_s
upholstery1851852upholster_y
bolsterer1145483__bolsterer
holstered1345883__holstered
reupholstered196973reupholstered
upholstering1852003upholstering
bolstered1246094__bolstered
bolsterers1244684__bolsterers
fosterer11239524__fo_sterer
holster103512214__holst__er
holsters113211944__holster_s
hosteler1137284__ho_steler
lobsterer1144034__lobsterer
oysterer1136104___oysterer
palterer102411294_p_al_terer
pesterer102412714_p__esterer
philtered1545494_phil_tered
plasterer1178114_p_lasterer
posturer1038924_p_o_sturer
potterer102310264_p_o_tterer
poulterer1145424_p_oulterer
reupholster1651304reupholst__er
reupholsters1751294reupholster_s
roisterer946434__roisterer
shelterer1245044_shel_terer
upholder1444084uphol___der
upholders1543644uphol_der_s

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819328.92316678.1
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691329.37519060.4
 
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