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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 “muffin” 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
muffin1429887(None) 
muffing163210401muffing
muffins15308341muffins
puffin141149001puffin
biffin14369102biffin
boffin14359052boffin
buffi136112202buffi_
buffing163411392buffing
coffin14339812coffin
cuffing163210252cuffing
huffing17278832huffing
luffing143310102luffing
maffia14327202maffia
miffing16298402miffing
mucin93116822mu_cin
muff124723862muff__
muffed154210592muffed
muffle14339642muffle
muffling1765502muffling
muffs134114212muff_s
mufti10610542mufti_
muftis1158052muftis
muntin82915182muntin
murein8311762murein
muslin8312212muslin
puffing162910942puffing
puffins15278912puffins
ruffian1344132ruffian
ruffing143210842ruffing
suffix1935232suffix
tiffin12327932tiffin

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551312.14038575.2
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691312.46672461.9
 
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