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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 “spiffing” 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.

40 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
spiffing1723708(None) 
sniffing15227451sniffing
spiffying2142751spiffying
stiffing15248701stiffing
biffing163510012_biffing
coiffing1755932coiffing
miffing16298402_miffing
piaffing1733922_piaffing
piffling1745132_piffling
puffing162910942_puffing
riffing144011272_riffing
scoffing17275942scoffing
scuffing17287112scuffing
shifting152910382shifting
sifting113014592s_ifting
skiffling2043102skiffling
sluffing15247302sluffing
sniffling1644092sniffling
snuffing15256802snuffing
spicing123914532spi_cing
spieling113212522spieling
spiering112713352spiering
spiffied17234822spiffied
spiffier16255882spiffier
spiffies16277992spiffies
spiffily19153482spiffily
spiking144312882spi_king
spiling102919702spi_ling
spilling113113942spilling
spinning113310812spinning
spiring103918182spi_ring
spirting112913632spirting
spiting103917622spi_ting
spitting113012322spitting
spoofing14228362spoofing
staffing15247492staffing
stifling122110912stifling
stuffing15247842stuffing
tiffing14339382_tiffing
whiffing2134702whiffing

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059403.20637760.1
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691403.60949512.6
 
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