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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 “reaffirm” 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.

30 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
reaffirm164248(None) 
reaffirms1741941reaffirms
affirm1435522__affirm
reaffirmed1951502reaffirmed
reaffix2042322reaffi_x
affirms1534383__affirms
disaffirm1851833disaffirm
kaffir16345303_kaffir_
kaffirs17325553_kaffirs
leafworm1653913leafworm
raffia12287703r_affi_a
raffias13237713r_affias
raffish1658843r_affish
reaffirming2051923reaffirming
reaffixed2342293reaffixed
reaffixes2243023reaffixes
realism93115923rea_lism
rearm75923573rea___rm
reconfirm1643813reconfirm
reffing143712173re_ffing
refilm114311403re__film
refire95419473re__fire
reform11312713re__form
reinform1346193reinform
reniform1346233reniform
reoffer1335013reoffer_
reoffers1434693reoffers
retiform1345863retiform
zaffir21395513_zaffir_
zaffirs22375663_zaffirs

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162306.70321805.5
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.12225090.0
 
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