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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 “ruffling” 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.

36 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
ruffling154609(None) 
muffling1765501muffling
raffling1567061raffling
riffling1556111riffling
ruffing143210841ruff_ing
baffling1756052baffling
buffing163411392buff_ing
coffling1736482coffling
cuffing163210252cuff_ing
cufflink20152882cufflink
gruffing1635272gruff_ing
huffing17278832huff_ing
luffing143310102luff_ing
muffing163210402muff_ing
piffling1745132piffling
puffing162910942puff_ing
purfling1467762purfling
reffing143712172reff_ing
refiling123116532refiling
riffing144011272riff_ing
rifling112815012r_ifling
rubbling13238072rubbling
ruckling15258572ruckling
ruddling11228552ruddling
rufflier1434012rufflier
rufflike1843252rufflike
ruling73219552ru__ling
rumbling131910102rumbling
rumpling13178762rumpling
runkling13217612runkling
rustling9249982rustling
scuffling1843612scuffling
shuffling1933452shuffling
snuffling1643562snuffling
upfling1337092_upfling
waffling1845422waffling

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059363.46634927.6
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.88845959.6
 
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