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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 “drifty” 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.

31 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
drifty1341822(None) 
drafty13638931drafty
drift95722841drift_
drifts10499891drifts
adrift10313112adrift_
crafty14478912crafty
dainty105311472dainty
deify124112762deif_y
deity94316772dei_ty
dicty115116292d_icty
dirty95617802d_irty
ditty95019292d_itty
draffy16486632draffy
draft95526682draft_
drafts105012532drafts
drifted12367952drifted
drifter11348702drifter
drily95816522dri_ly
drippy14445652drippy
dript86923872dript_
fifty145211422_fifty
grift95924462grift_
grifts104511682grifts
gritty10338402gritty
nifty115211632_nifty
rift75642332_rift_
rifts85718642_rifts
shifty15409262shifty
thrifty1634192thrifty
wifty144212092_wifty
wristy12509702wristy

Search took 4 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 Limit82551312.73330205.3
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691313.07958035.4
 
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