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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 “blaffs” 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.

42 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
blaffs1442662(None) 
baffs134718051b_affs
blaff135216481blaff_
bluffs14388371bluffs
baff124632272b_aff_
baffy165511922b_affy
barfs104826002b_arfs
biffs134814412b_iffs
blabs95619632bla_bs
blacks144914952blacks
blades95221252blades
blahs105616512bla_hs
blains84516372blains
blames105121862blames
blams95023852bla_ms
blanks124112892blanks
blares85021632blares
blasts85116772blasts
blats75132502bla_ts
blaws105620462bla_ws
blazes174817352blazes
bluff134413832bluff_
boffs134915502b_offs
buffs135519512b_uffs
caffs135417372_caffs
chaffs17459612chaffs
cliffs14477592cliffs
daffs125116422_daffs
draffs13617902draffs
fluffs11347782fluffs
gaffs124914652_gaffs
gliffs13436322gliffs
luffs114516282_luffs
naffs116213962_naffs
pilaffs15365152pilaffs
quaffs21125692quaffs
raffs115017522_raffs
sclaffs1543572sclaffs
sluffs12349582sluffs
staffs12349752staffs
waffs146315472_waffs
yaffs145311122_yaffs

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551422.40634310.5
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691422.76564626.0
 
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