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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 “chaffing” 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.

44 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
chaffing203632(None) 
chafing163911491cha_fing
cheffing2034461cheffing
chuffing2055041chuffing
baffing164011602_baffing
chaffering22104642chaffering
chaffier1935472chaffier
chaffinch2542042chaffinch
chaining142810782chaining
chairing143110772chairing
chalking183310062chalking
champing183610932champing
chancing162810282chancing
changing153211512changing
chanting143413532chanting
chapping183710722chapping
charging152910772charging
charing133721322cha_ring
charking183512612charking
charming163012032charming
charring142913162charring
charting142614192charting
chasing133715892cha_sing
chatting142810142chatting
chawing164813032cha_wing
chefing16359032ch_efing
coffing163811252c_offing
coiffing1755932coiffing
crafting143710172crafting
cuffing163210252c_uffing
daffing15369732_daffing
gaffing15379732_gaffing
hafting144014172_hafting
huffing17278832_huffing
naffing14359032_naffing
piaffing1733922piaffing
quaffing2434352quaffing
sclaffing1843362sclaffing
shafting15278682shafting
staffing15247492staffing
waffing173710242_waffing
wharfing1834682wharfing
whiffing2134702whiffing
yaffing17337822_yaffing

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.826216332.9
2DLD Change Limit121059444.19028892.4
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691445.02935532.1
 
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