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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 “baffy” 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.

68 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
baffy16551192(None) 
baff124632271baff_
baffs134718051baffs
biffy164711131biffy
buffy165013371buffy
daffy155510281daffy
taffy145110821taffy
aff95537612_aff_
baby116723682ba_by
baddy125016022baddy
badly114918762badly
baffed154812172baffed
baffle14399872baffle
baggy125615682baggy
baldy115518932baldy
balky145418242balky
bally105530102bally
balmy125217472balmy
bandy114824182bandy
banty106624002banty
barf95844412barf_
barfly14339652barfly
barfs104826002barfs
barky145721612barky
barmy125218762barmy
barny105821732barny
basify1437512basify
bassy1012917102bassy
batty105422242batty
bawdy147513282bawdy
bawty135614102bawty
bay89661642ba__y
beefy135313832beefy
biff125026892biff_
biffs134814412biffs
blaff135216482blaff_
blaffs14426622blaffs
boff124727332boff_
boffo136010372boffo
boffs134915502boffs
buff125229862buff_
buffi136112202buffi
buffo135112182buffo
buffs135519512buffs
caff125631672caff_
caffs135417372caffs
chaffy20456472chaffy
daff115229682daff_
daffs125116422daffs
draffy16486632draffy
gaff114828152gaff_
gaffe124111652gaffe
gaffs124914652gaffs
huffy174810232huffy
iffy135312282_iffy
jiffy21458312jiffy
miffy163910202miffy
naff105128932naff_
naffs116213962naffs
puffy164410752puffy
raff104933042raff_
raffs115017522raffs
toffy145310282toffy
waff134228042waff_
waffly18305432waffly
waffs146315472waffs
yaff135324262yaff_
yaffs145311122yaffs

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800681.67332157.8
3Display Results68680.0164250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691681.99989390.2
 
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