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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 “coiffuring” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
coiffuring194257(None) 
coffering1838042co_ffering
coiffing1755932coiff__ing
coinsuring1345372coinsuring
chaffering22104643chaffering
coenduring1444233coenduring
coffing163811253co_ff__ing
coffining1845483co_ffining
coffling1736483co_ff_ling
coiffure1643123coiffur__e
coiffured1842613coiffur_ed
coiffures1743213coiffur_es
coifing133213893coi_f__ing
coinferring1744203coinferring
coinhering1647313coinhering
colouring1258733co_louring
conferring1648743conferring
configuring1853153configuring
confusing1537333co_nfusing
confuting1539093co_nfuting
conjuring1937913co_njuring
contouring1347013contouring
differing1746473_differing
diffusing1743853_diffusing
goffering1744483go_ffering
jointuring1843233jointuring
niffering1645133_niffering
offering1536393_o_ffering

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603286.36022107.4
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.77926359.5
 
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