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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 “nifty” 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.

61 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
nifty11521163(None) 
fifty145211421fifty
nitty85418311nitty
wifty144212091wifty
biffy164711132biffy
bitty106119172bitty
city95122622ci_ty
dicty115116292dicty
dirty95617802dirty
ditty95019292ditty
drifty13418222drifty
fifth145210922fifth
gift86735792gift_
gifts96214962gifts
hefty146112132hefty
iffy135312282_iffy
jiffy21458312jiffy
kilty125213892kilty
kitty124614562kitty
lefty115613562lefty
lift76942722lift_
lifts85719062lifts
linty87126562linty
lofty115813302lofty
miffy163910202miffy
milty104720072milty
minty106323902minty
misty106120452misty
mity95528212mi_ty
nasty85717282nasty
natty85719142natty
netty85816762netty
nicety1138432nicety
niftily1335752niftily
nighty135611272nighty
ninety9510962ninety
ninny84514932ninny
ninth8314582ninth
nippy124911112nippy
nit37065942ni_t_
nite45943582ni_te
nits45741642ni_ts
nixy145714512ni_xy
nutty84816872nutty
piety105817302piety
pity96031932pi_ty
rift75642332rift_
rifts85718642rifts
shifty15409262shifty
sift710740662sift_
sifts84918922sifts
silty84721632silty
sixty154912732sixty
sniffy15337192sniffy
softy115414482softy
titty85316652titty
tufty114810412tufty
unify113611112unif_y
unity84918492uni_ty
wifey144913672wifey
witty114717012witty

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 Filter178691538000.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit53800613.01317856.0
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691613.40552479.0
 
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