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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 “blaff” 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.

53 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
blaff13521648(None) 
baff124632271b_aff
blaffs14426621blaffs
bluff134413831bluff
aff95537612__aff
baffs134718052b_affs
baffy165511922b_affy
barf95844412b_arf
biff125026892b_iff
blab86629132bla_b
blabs95619632blabs
black134719072black
blade85923332blade
blae66134642bla_e
blah98625062bla_h
blahs105616512blahs
blain75421792blain
blam86131702bla_m
blame95625492blame
blams95023852blams
bland85320452bland
blank115418552blank
blare75826232blare
blase75524232blase
blast76532572blast
blat66550952bla_t
blate75933782blate
blats75132502blats
blaw97026722bla_w
blawn106813702blawn
blaws105620462blaws
blaze165520832blaze
bluffs14388372bluffs
boff124727332b_off
buff125229862b_uff
caff125631672_caff
chaff165016282chaff
cliff135917132cliff
daff115229682_daff
draff125615662draff
fluff103913612fluff
gaff114828152_gaff
gliff124915662gliff
luff104426702_luff
naff105128932_naff
pilaff143910362pilaff
quaff201311352quaff
raff104933042_raff
sclaff1438312sclaff
sluff114016812sluff
staff113817712staff
waff134228042_waff
yaff135324262_yaff

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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800531.79629955.5
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691531.90593801.0
 
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