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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 “stiff” 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.

67 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
stiff11421924(None) 
skiff153612801skiff
sniff113915861sniff
spiff133616401spiff
staff113817711staff
stiffs12389961stiffs
stuff113817051stuff
tiff104727721_tiff
biff125026892_biff
cliff135917132cliff
diff116228842_diff
gliff124915662gliff
griff124416462griff
iff96730392__iff
jiff175321412_jiff
mastiff1538162mastiff
miff125625062_miff
quiff201111562quiff
riff104430102_riff
scoff134413342scoff
scuff133914892scuff
seif75638732sei_f
seifs85019332seifs
setoff1238912setoff
shift114225142shift
sift710740662s_ift
skiffs16327012skiffs
sluff114016812sluff
sniffs12378842sniffs
sniffy15337192sniffy
snuff113514042snuff
spiffs14328472spiffs
spiffy17326222spiffy
spliff1438602spliff
staffs12349752staffs
stich104117922stich
stick115121562stick
stied65723032stied
sties55132982sties
stiffed14359582stiffed
stiffen13286022stiffen
stiffer13319392stiffer
stiffie13245772stiffie
stiffly16235172stiffly
stifle93611902stifle
stile54931572stile
still54922082still
stilt54831982stilt
stime76521802stime
stimy105114742stimy
sting65330242sting
stink95122502stink
stint57037662stint
stipe76523372stipe
stir45723252sti_r
stirk95717412stirk
stirp76815502stirp
stirs55921622stirs
strife95318362strife
stuffs123810222stuffs
stuffy15317082stuffy
swift116818052swift
teff106023762_teff
tiffs114414882_tiffs
toff105929902_toff
tuff104528522_tuff
whiff17310062whiff

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800671.57634137.1
3Display Results67670.0164187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691671.90593801.0
 
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