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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 “chuff” 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.

55 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
chuff16481249(None) 
chaff165016281chaff
chufa13489111chufa
chuffs17427781chuffs
chuffy20445861chuffy
cuff125327991c_uff
huff135623841_huff
bluff134413832bluff
buff125229862_buff
caff125631672c_aff
chafe135117352chafe
chaffs17459612chaffs
chaffy20456472chaffy
chef125125622ch_ef
chefs136214662chefs
chief134419482chief
chub115516412chu_b
chubs125412622chubs
chuck164814872chuck
chufas14397672chufas
chuffed19316642chuffed
chuffer18337142chuffer
chug105914112chu_g
chugs115511942chugs
chum116318002chu_m
chump145315442chump
chums125015832chums
chunk144812382chunk
churl105913882churl
churn105113102churn
churr104512852churr
chute104316462chute
cliff135917132cliff
coff126930782c_off
cuffs135017492c_uffs
cuif96529142c_uif
curf97538782c_urf
duff114326642_duff
fluff103913612fluff
gruff124712142gruff
guff114624932_guff
huffs144514742_huffs
huffy174810232_huffy
luff104426702_luff
muff124723862_muff
pouff135215422pouff
puff125525432_puff
ruff105127652_ruff
scruff1437962scruff
scuff133914892scuff
sluff114016812sluff
snuff113514042snuff
stuff113817052stuff
tuff104528522_tuff
whiff17310062whiff

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800551.56334421.0
3Display Results55550.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691551.88994595.6
 
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