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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 “toffies” 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.

29 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
toffies13321021(None) 
taffies133012691taffies
toffees13327081toffees
baffies153612942baffies
biffies152710852biffies
boffins15329072boffins
coffees15329572coffees
coffins153110192coffins
coffles152610002coffles
jiffies20327472jiffies
offices1536242_offices
roofies103014412roofies
soffits1335092soffits
softies103414612softies
stiffies14258382stiffies
taffias13377412taffias
tiffins13327982tiffins
toadies82914862toadies
tobies84521022to_bies
toddies93011992toddies
todies74223552to_dies
toffee123311012toff_ee
toffs116016722toff__s
tommies113812982tommies
toonies73719882toonies
tories65435882to_ries
towies93521192to_wies
townies103113622townies
waffies163611442waffies

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671292.93636672.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.32853693.2
 
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