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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 “muffler” 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.

35 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
muffler1539834(None) 
muffle14339641muffle_
muffled16377781muffled
mufflers16316001mufflers
muffles153910451muffles
ruffler13369721ruffler
baffler15418112baffler
buffer144512682buff_er
buffier1568402buffier
duffer134711662duff_er
duffle13368532duffle_
duffles14308922duffles
huffier1637492huffier
miffier1537022miffier
muddler113411622muddler
muffed154210592muff_ed
mufflered1842122mufflered
muller83820352mu_ller
mumbler133510912mumbler
muzzler17257942muzzler
puffer144610732puff_er
puffier1547972puffier
purfler12248732purfler
raffler13339222raffler
riffler13328352riffler
ruffle124111672ruffle_
ruffled14369152ruffled
rufflers14347192rufflers
ruffles133512272ruffles
rufflier1434012rufflier
scuffler16286702scuffler
shuffler17306802shuffler
snuffler14317412snuffler
suffer124314512suff_er
waffler16377782waffler

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671353.34332207.9
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.73547842.3
 
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