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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 “puffinesses” 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.

16 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
puffinesses193451(None) 
huffinesses2034121huffinesses
daffinesses1834842daffinesses
fluffinesses1742662fluffinesses
iffinesses1635582_iffinesses
miffinesses1944362miffinesses
pudginesses1545052pudginesses
puffiness1764362puffine_s_s
pugginesses1545252pugginesses
pulpinesses1536002pulpinesses
puninesses121110752pu_ninesses
punkinesses17127222punkinesses
pursinesses1338742pursinesses
pushinesses1697332pushinesses
spiffinesses2043012spiffinesses
stuffinesses1843292stuffinesses

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 Filter178691868080.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit86808162.29637808.4
3Display Results16160.0131230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691162.66966950.5
 
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