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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 “guffawing” 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.

36 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
guffawing204186(None) 
buffaloing1941373buffaloing
buffering1835223buffering
buffeting1843783buffeting
buffing163411393buff__ing
cuffing163210253cuff__ing
effacing1744463_effacing
flawing143812563__flawing
gaffing15379733gaff__ing
gauffering1842453gauffering
gnawing12377903g__nawing
goffering1744483goffering
gruffing1635273gruff__ing
guffaw1642793guffaw___
guffawed1941623guffaw_ed
guffaws1762273guffaw__s
gulfing12339473gulf__ing
gullwing13304923gu_llwing
huffing17278833huff__ing
luffing143310103luff__ing
muffing163210403muff__ing
muffling1765503muff_ling
outfacing1578113outfacing
outfawning1744223outfawning
outlawing1337933outlawing
puffing162910943puff__ing
ruffing143210843ruff__ing
ruffling1546093ruff_ling
suffering1637293suffering
sufficing1844883sufficing
suffixing2343473suffixing
sufflating1744843sufflating
suffusing1643533suffusing
sulfating1338063sulfating
surfacing1545643surfacing
unfading1347693_unfading

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641365.79625645.4
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.24828599.7
 
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