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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 “liftoffs” 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.

26 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
liftoffs134206(None) 
liftoff1243161liftoff_
blastoffs1743103blastoffs
castoffs1644043castoffs
cutoffs1533603_cutoffs
dieoffs1443033di_eoffs
distaffs1565083distaffs
dustoffs1543163dustoffs
enfeoffs1361823enfeoffs
feoffs1163703__feoffs
infeoffs1352083infeoffs
kickoffs1941743kickoffs
layoffs1642573l_ayoffs
leadoffs1542303leadoffs
lictors93212603licto_rs
lifters104313783lift_ers
lifts85719063lift___s
lintols7339553linto_ls
litotes7311183li_totes
pickoffs2242373pickoffs
putoffs1543333_putoffs
ripoffs1543383ri_poffs
setoffs1334133_setoffs
shutoffs1752073shutoffs
tipoffs1543033ti_poffs
toffs116016723___toffs

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162266.98320931.1
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691267.40624127.9
 
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