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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 “draff” 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
draff12561566(None) 
daff115229681d_aff
draffs13617901draffs
draffy16486631draffy
draft95526681draft
raff104933041_raff
aff95537612__aff
baff124632272_baff
blaff135216482blaff
caff125631672_caff
chaff165016282chaff
craft105327662craft
daffs125116422d_affs
daffy155510282d_affy
daft85537252d_aft
deaf85838402dea_f
diff116228842d_iff
doff116225782d_off
drab76226452dra_b
drabs85119672drabs
drafts105012532drafts
drafty13638932drafty
drag64825052dra_g
drags75521112drags
drail65020972drail
drain65222892drain
drake104918302drake
dram75832002dra_m
drama85117412drama
drams86025832drams
drank104816202drank
drape85319632drape
drat56247832dra_t
drats66628372drats
drave95219272drave
draw85623012dra_w
drawl95516012drawl
drawn95614242drawn
draws95119372draws
dray85428092dra_y
drays95819772drays
drift95722842drift
duff114326642d_uff
dwarf126015242dwarf
gaff114828152_gaff
graft95327202graft
griff124416462griff
gruff124712142gruff
kraft125721012kraft
naff105128932_naff
quaff201311352quaff
raffs115017522_raffs
raft76245912_raft
riff104430102_riff
ruff105127652_ruff
staff113817712staff
waff134228042_waff
yaff135324262_yaff

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 Limit53800581.39038705.0
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691581.719103950.6
 
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