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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 “piffled” 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.

31 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
piffled1636640(None) 
piffle14418231piffle_
piffles15368761piffles
riffled14338601riffled
baffled16418062baffled
biffed15449882biff_ed
coffled16297362coffled
miffed15398712miff_ed
muffled16377782muffled
piaffed1693752piaffed
pickled164011882pickled
piddled123311252piddled
piled85232992pi__led
pilled94222752pi_lled
pimpled14289192pimpled
puffed153510602puff_ed
purfled13248732purfled
raffled14429082raffled
riffed133811562riff_ed
riffle124210232riffle_
riffler13328352riffler
riffles133911162riffles
rifled104115002ri_fled
ruffled14369152ruffled
skiffled19244422skiffled
sniffled15276442sniffled
spiffed16257102spiff_ed
spiffied17234822spiffied
tiffed13368392tiff_ed
waffled17357522waffled
whiffled2133042whiffled

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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671316.20317357.9
3Display Results31310.0301033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691316.98325589.4
 
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