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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 “spiff” 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.

69 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
spiff13361640(None) 
skiff153612801skiff
sniff113915861sniff
spiffs14328471spiffs
spiffy17326221spiffy
spliff1438601spliff
stiff114219241stiff
biff125026892_biff
cliff135917132cliff
diff116228842_diff
gliff124915662gliff
griff124416462griff
iff96730392__iff
jiff175321412_jiff
miff125625062_miff
puff125525432_puff
quiff201111562quiff
riff104430102_riff
scoff134413342scoff
scuff133914892scuff
seif75638732sei_f
seifs85019332seifs
shift114225142shift
sift710740662s_ift
skiffs16327012skiffs
sluff114016812sluff
sniffs12378842sniffs
sniffy15337192sniffy
snuff113514042snuff
spic85227432spi_c
spica94717942spica
spice95528812spice
spick134519072spick
spics94123242spics
spicy125417712spicy
spied85427712spied
spiel74623912spiel
spier75728032spier
spies76037622spies
spiffed16257102spiffed
spik105419712spi_k
spike114922842spike
spiks114117472spiks
spiky146014112spiky
spile75230082spile
spill74821162spill
spilt75532222spilt
spin66231302spi_n
spine76534422spine
spinoff1544932spinoff
spins75327982spins
spiny104921302spiny
spire75828692spire
spirt75032952spirt
spiry105017352spiry
spit65545082spi_t
spite75430662spite
spits74429552spits
spitz166017972spitz
spiv95917792spi_v
spivs105114242spivs
spliffs1533562spliffs
spoof105019012spoof
staff113817712staff
stiffs12389962stiffs
stuff113817052stuff
swift116818052swift
tiff104727722_tiff
whiff17310062whiff

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800691.59333772.8
3Display Results69690.0302300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691691.91993116.7
 
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