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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 “spiffs” 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.

56 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
spiffs1432847(None) 
skiffs16327011skiffs
sniffs12378841sniffs
spiff133616401spiff_
spiffy17326221spiffy
spliffs1533561spliffs
stiffs12389961stiffs
biffs134814412_biffs
cliffs14477592cliffs
diffs126315482_diffs
gliffs13436322gliffs
griffs13398992griffs
jiffs185710312_jiffs
miffs134512882_miffs
puffs134114932_puffs
quiffs21135432quiffs
riffs115114612_riffs
scoffs14347502scoffs
scuffs14419052scuffs
seifs85019332sei_fs
shifts124412942shifts
sifts84918922s_ifts
skiff153612802skiff_
sluffs12349582sluffs
sniff113915862sniff_
sniffy15337192sniffy
snuffs12358532snuffs
spicas104715822spicas
spices104326032spices
spicks144814992spicks
spics94123242spi_cs
spiels85317952spiels
spiers84421742spiers
spies76037622spi_es
spiffed16257102spiffed
spiffies16277992spiffies
spikes124520712spikes
spiks114117472spi_ks
spiles84227912spiles
spills84717462spills
spines85132032spines
spinoffs1642772spinoffs
spins75327982spi_ns
spires84628112spires
spirts85317132spirts
spites84127332spites
spits74429552spi_ts
spivs105114242spi_vs
spliff1438602spliff_
spoofs114011812spoofs
staffs12349752staffs
stiff114219242stiff_
stuffs123810222stuffs
swifts12408172swifts
tiffs114414882_tiffs
whiffs1835082whiffs

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551562.61031628.7
3Display Results56560.0301866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691563.01359306.7
 
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