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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 “giraffe” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

67 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
giraffe144299(None) 
giraffes1542601giraffes
agraffe1443332agraffe
gaffe124111652g__affe
griffe13438092g_riffe
piaffe1494912pi_affe
agrafe1038093agra_fe
agraffes1553043agraffes
airfare1047243airfare
carafe115416163cara_fe
draff125615663_draff_
draffs13617903_draffs
draffy16486633_draffy
gaff114828153g__aff_
gaffed144210203g__affed
gaffer134310133g__affer
gaffes134811103g__affes
gaffs124914653g__affs
garage8314513gara_ge
giraffish1941973giraffish
girasol874623girasol
girasole984423girasole
girdle82110463gir_dle
girlie73711463gir_lie
girolle835793girolle
gisarme1044173gisarme
grace85124543g_ra_ce
grade75126093g_ra_de
graft95327203g_ra_ft
grafted124110223g_rafted
grafter114211153g_rafter
grafts105013253g_rafts
gramme114210333g_ramme
grange83716203g_range
grape84824663g_ra_pe
grate64932883g_ra_te
grave94624873g_ra_ve
graze155820053g_ra_ze
griff124416463g_riff_
griffes14367923g_riffes
griffs13398993g_riffs
gruff124712143g_ruff_
gruffed1544943g_ruffed
gruffer1475793g_ruffer
gruffs13337453g_ruffs
gruffy16396013g_ruffy
gyrase10508773gyra_se
gyrate104912523gyra_te
hirable121612313hirable
irade65618153_ira_de
irate55627983_ira_te
miracle1138843miracle
mirage92313653mira_ge
piaffed1693753pi_affed
piaffer15104443pi_affer
piaffes15115053pi_affes
pilaff143910363pilaff_
pilaffs15365153pilaffs
pirate82322883pira_te
raff104933043__raff_
raffle123910703__raffle
raffs115017523__raffs
ruffe114713813__ruffe
strafe95215983stra_fe
tirade7311693tira_de
truffe1276233_truffe
wirable121610963wirable

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit134027676.67320085.0
3Display Results67670.0164187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691677.09225196.1
 
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