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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 “daffy” 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.

60 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
daffy15551028(None) 
baffy165511921baffy
daff115229681daff_
daffs125116421daffs
draffy16486631draffy
taffy145110821taffy
aff95537612_aff_
baff124632272baff_
baffs134718052baffs
biffy164711132biffy
buffy165013372buffy
caff125631672caff_
caffs135417372caffs
chaffy20456472chaffy
daddy116212562daddy
daffed14429492daffed
daffily1735132daffily
daft85537252da_ft
daftly1335442daftly
daily95922332daily
dairy97016302dairy
daisy95915312daisy
dally95324742dally
dandy104416702dandy
darky136018832darky
dashy125612382dashy
dauby115211222dauby
davy116015522da_vy
day76254112da__y
dayfly1633812dayfly
deafly13389122deafly
defy114921262d_efy
deify124112762deify
diff116228842diff_
diffs126315482diffs
doff116225782doff_
doffs125614332doffs
draff125615662draff_
draffs13617902draffs
drafty13638932drafty
duff114326642duff_
duffs125216622duffs
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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit53800601.64032804.9
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691601.99989390.2
 
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