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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 “cliff” 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.

58 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
cliff13591713(None) 
cliffs14477591cliffs
cliffy17435241cliffy
clift106422191clift
gliff124915661gliff
alif76242142ali_f
alifs86121262alifs
biff125026892_biff
blaff135216482blaff
bluff134413832bluff
caff125631672c_aff
calif104929102cali_f
califs114915892califs
chaff165016282chaff
chief134419482chief
chuff164812492chuff
clef97028182cl_ef
clefs106616242clefs
cleft106222852cleft
click135217952click
clifts11519152clifts
climb115413592climb
clime95720892clime
cline76428532cline
cling86424672cling
clink115320042clink
clip86924002cli_p
clips96018302clips
clipt96324272clipt
coff126930782c_off
coif96337912coi_f
coiffe1447042coiffe
coifs105718702coifs
cuff125327992c_uff
cuif96529142cui_f
cuifs104814692cuifs
diff116228842_diff
fluff103913612fluff
gliffs13436322gliffs
griff124416462griff
iff96730392__iff
jiff175321412_jiff
lief76036992_lief
life75433732_life
lift76942722_lift
luff104426702_luff
miff125625062_miff
quiff201111562quiff
riff104430102_riff
sclaff1438312sclaff
skiff153612802skiff
sluff114016812sluff
sniff113915862sniff
spiff133616402spiff
spliff1438602spliff
stiff114219242stiff
tiff104727722_tiff
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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800581.57634137.1
3Display Results58580.0134461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691581.90293949.0
 
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