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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 “quiff” 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.

51 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
quiff20111156(None) 
quaff201311351quaff
quiffs21135431quiffs
biff125026892_biff
buff125229862bu_ff
cliff135917132cliff
cuff125327992cu_ff
cuif96529142cui_f
cuifs104814692cuifs
diff116228842_diff
duff114326642du_ff
gliff124915662gliff
griff124416462griff
guff114624932gu_ff
huff135623842hu_ff
iff96730392__iff
jiff175321412_jiff
luff104426702lu_ff
miff125625062_miff
muff124723862mu_ff
puff125525432pu_ff
quaffs21125692quaffs
quick204311062quick
quid144922352qui_d
quids154917462quids
quiet144530732quiet
quill148413772quill
quilt144125102quilt
quin135823922qui_n
quins144819852quins
quint144529902quint
quip154818622qui_p
quips164713372quips
quipu164811642quipu
quire144917132quire
quirk184011002quirk
quirt144624232quirt
quit136136512qui_t
quite144621462quite
quits144122352quits
quiz224920002qui_z
riff104430102_riff
ruff105127652ru_ff
skiff153612802skiff
sniff113915862sniff
spiff133616402spiff
squiffy2542572squiffy
stiff114219242stiff
tiff104727722_tiff
tuff104528522tu_ff
whiff17310062whiff

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 Filter178691538000.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit53800512.89318596.6
3Display Results51510.0301700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691513.53350577.7
 
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