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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 “daffier” 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.

37 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
daffier145783(None) 
draffier1574321draffier
affixer2033912_affixer
baffies153612942baffies
baffler15418112baffler
buffier1568402buffier
chaffier1935472chaffier
daffed14429492daff_ed
daffiest1537842daffiest
daffily1735132daffily
daffing15369732daffing
dafter104813342da_fter
dallier84215372dallier
dandier93714572dandier
dashier114311182dashier
daubier1037102daubier
deffer134411302deff_er
defier105118652d_efier
deifier113013122deifier
differ133910842diff_er
doffer133911352doff_er
draftier1285262draftier
duffer134711662duff_er
gaffer134310132gaff_er
huffier1637492huffier
iffier1236762_iffier
kaffir16345302kaffi_r
miffier1537022miffier
puffier1547972puffier
raffler13339222raffler
taffies133012692taffies
waffie15338562waffie_
waffies163611442waffies
waffler16377782waffler
wafflier1733952wafflier
zaffer21397152zaff_er
zaffir21395512zaffi_r

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671373.23333303.7
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691373.59349733.1
 
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