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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 “riffling” 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.

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
riffling155611(None) 
piffling1745131piffling
raffling1567061raffling
riffing144011271riff_ing
rifling112815011ri_fling
ruffling1546091ruffling
baffling1756052baffling
biffing163510012biff_ing
coffling1736482coffling
miffing16298402miff_ing
muffling1765502muffling
reffing143712172reff_ing
refiling123116532refiling
riddling11249442riddling
ridgling11258202ridgling
riesling939012riesling
riflings12227302ri_flings
rifting113515002ri_fting
riling74227972ri__ling
rilling84023622ri_lling
rimpling13219662rimpling
rippling13197572rippling
rivaling1239912rivaling
ruffing143210842ruff_ing
skiffling2043102skiffling
sniffling1644092sniffling
tiffing14339382tiff_ing
trifling122411502tri_fling
waffling1845422waffling
whiffling2242882whiffling

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059303.64333230.6
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691304.04644164.9
 
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