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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 “griff” 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.

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
griff12441646(None) 
gliff124915661gliff
grief95319781grief
griffe13438091griffe
griffs13398991griffs
grift95924461grift
gruff124712141gruff
riff104430101_riff
biff125026892_biff
brief105422602brief
cliff135917132cliff
diff116228842_diff
draff125615662draff
drift95722842drift
gaff114828152g_aff
gift86735792g_ift
gliffs13436322gliffs
goniff13408892goniff
graft95327202graft
grid65829612gri_d
gride75223582gride
grids75321392grids
griefs10418722griefs
griffes14367922griffes
griffin1434512griffin
griffon1443102griffon
grifts104511682grifts
grig65424772gri_g
grigs75318192grigs
grill64617892grill
grim76929422gri_m
grime85021322grime
grimy114312602grimy
grin55733722gri_n
grind75917562grind
grins65427222grins
griot65328412griot
grip76127022gri_p
gripe84622962gripe
grips85520132grips
gript85126172gript
gripy115115252gripy
grist65529872grist
grit55247242gri_t
grith95520372grith
grits65529582grits
gruffs13337452gruffs
gruffy16396012gruffy
guff114624932g_uff
iff96730392__iff
jiff175321412_jiff
miff125625062_miff
quiff201111562quiff
raff104933042_raff
rif65951562_ri_f
rife74632322_rife
riffs115114612_riffs
rifs74929002_rifs
rift75642332_rift
ruff105127652_ruff
skiff153612802skiff
sniff113915862sniff
spiff133616402spiff
stiff114219242stiff
tariff12711362tariff
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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800671.64032804.9
3Display Results67670.0164187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691671.95291542.5
 
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