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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 “iffy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

57 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
iffy13531228(None) 
biffy164711131biffy
iff96730391iff_
jiffy21458311jiffy
miffy163910201miffy
aff95537612aff_
baffy165511922baffy
biff125026892biff_
biffs134814412biffs
buffy165013372buffy
cliffy17435242cliffy
daffy155510282daffy
defy114921262defy
diff116228842diff_
diffs126315482diffs
eff96128622eff_
effs105114032effs
fay97454862_fay
fey95940882_fey
fife106027702fife
fifty145211422fifty
fly97124952_fly
foy96044262_foy
fry96226502_fry
huffy174810232huffy
icky136315752icky
icy86322122i_cy
idly85617322idly
if57239952i_f_
ifs67124242i_fs
illy76925332illy
immy114611832immy
inby95315662inby
info75617352info
inky115321582inky
inly75622212inly
ivy96317442i_vy
jiff175321412jiff_
jiffs185710312jiffs
miff125625062miff_
miffs134512882miffs
nifty115211632nifty
ofay106416102ofay
off96331632off_
offs107117012offs
pfft12311882pfft
puffy164410752puffy
riff104430102riff_
riffs115114612riffs
sniffy15337192sniffy
spiffy17326222spiffy
taffy145110822taffy
tiff104727722tiff_
tiffs114414882tiffs
toffy145310282toffy
wifey144913672wifey
wifty144212092wifty

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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit29872570.85634897.2
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691571.155154710.8
 
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