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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 “waffle” 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.

40 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
waffle1536918(None) 
baffle14399871baffle
raffle123910701raffle
waffie15338561waffie
waffled17357521waffled
waffler16377781waffler
waffles16329981waffles
waffly18305431waffly
baffled16418062baffled
baffler15418112baffler
baffles153710682baffles
coffle14359042coffle
duffle13368532duffle
gaffe124111652gaff_e
muffle14339642muffle
piffle14418232piffle
raffled14429082raffled
raffler13339222raffler
raffles133611842raffles
riffle124210232riffle
ruffle124111672ruffle
snaffle13216252snaffle
wabble133714842wabble
waddle114715302waddle
waff134228042waff__
waffed16459792waffed
waffies163611442waffies
wafflers17306322wafflers
wafflier1733952wafflier
waffs146315472waff_s
waggle113612302waggle
wale74546432wa__le
wamble134415752wamble
wandle105316662wandle
wangle103817512wangle
warble113516602warble
warsle93112922warsle
wattle94314212wattle
whiffle1933532whiffle
zaffre21354662zaffre

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551402.62631436.0
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691402.99959583.5
 
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