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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 “baffled” 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.

36 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
baffled1641806(None) 
baffed154812171baff_ed
baffle14399871baffle_
baffler15418111baffler
baffles153710681baffles
raffled14429081raffled
waffled17357521waffled
babbled113612862babbled
baffies153612942baffies
bafflers16356592bafflers
bailed94726652ba_iled
baled85436442ba__led
balled94926892ba_lled
barfed125416382barf_ed
battled104213122battled
bawled124415692ba_wled
biffed15449882biff_ed
boffed15369482boff_ed
buffed154313142buff_ed
coffled16297362coffled
daffed14429492daff_ed
gaffed144210202gaff_ed
muffled16377782muffled
naffed13408332naff_ed
piffled16366402piffled
raffle123910702raffle_
raffler13339222raffler
raffles133611842raffles
riffled14338602riffled
ruffled14369152ruffled
snaffled15285212snaffled
waffed16459792waff_ed
waffle15369182waffle_
waffler16377782waffler
waffles16329982waffles
yaffed16457322yaff_ed

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671363.73628819.9
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691364.13943172.5
 
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