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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 “chaffy” 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.

32 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
chaffy2045647(None) 
chaff165016281chaff_
chaffs17459611chaffs
chuffy20445861chuffy
baffy165511922_baffy
caff125631672c_aff_
caffs135417372c_affs
chafe135117352cha_fe
chafed154813912chafed
chafer144714572chafer
chafes145017912chafes
chaffed19387702chaffed
chaffer18389472chaffer
chalky18468772chalky
chally144314292chally
chammy18488952chammy
champy18509612champy
chancy164010862chancy
chanty145215822chanty
charry145012112charry
chary135023132cha_ry
chasmy16468542chasmy
chatty14419362chatty
chay124924872cha__y
chuff164812492chuff_
chuffs17427782chuffs
cliffy17435242cliffy
crafty14478912crafty
daffy155510282_daffy
draffy16486632draffy
huffy174810232_huffy
taffy145110822_taffy

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551323.20325773.0
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691323.59249746.9
 
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