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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 “waffliest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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75 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
waffliest184423(None) 
daffiest1537852daff_iest
ruffliest1554492ruffliest
wabbliest16274962wabbliest
waffies163611442waff_ies_
waffles16329982waffl_es_
wafflier1733952wafflie_r
waggliest1434782waggliest
wambliest16255152wambliest
wifeliest1545882wifeliest
afflict1547043_affli_ct
afflicts1644003_afflicts
affluent1494553_affluent
afforest1446343_afforest
awfullest1543173awfullest
baffies153612943baff_ies_
baffles153710683baffl_es_
barflies1338303barflies_
buffiest1657563buff_iest
chaffiest2045423chaff_iest
dangliest1137173dangliest
darkliest1435163darkliest
dayflies1534463dayflies_
draffiest1644363draff_iest
earliest82415243ea_rliest
fliest94718433___fliest
gadflies1334733gadflies_
gainliest1037133gainliest
gangliest1137673gangliest
hackliest1836523hackliest
huffiest1757203huff_iest
iffiest1337973_iff_iest
jangliest1746383jangliest
manliest102314943ma_nliest
marbliest1336763marbliest
marliest102415183ma_rliest
mayflies1644913mayflies_
miffiest1637143miff_iest
paliest93021613pa__liest
palliest102814643pa_lliest
puffiest1647323puff_iest
raffles133611843raffl_es_
sawflies1444743sawflies_
snuffliest1643503snuffliest
taffies133012693taff_ies_
tangliest1068423tangliest
wackiest172610273wa_ckiest
waffie15338563waff_ie__
waffle15369183waffl_e__
waffled17357523waffl_e_d
waffler16377783waffl_e_r
wafflers17306323waffl_ers
waffling1845423waffli_ng
wafflings1943023wafflings
waitlist1147743waitli_st
walies95324523wa__lies_
wallies103320743wa_llies_
waniest103819113wa__niest
wariest105122503wa__riest
wartiest113614643wa_rtiest
washiest14310413wa_shiest
waspiest1338823wa_spiest
wateriest12312233wateriest
waviest134513073wa__viest
waxiest173510883wa__xiest
weakliest1635853weakliest
whirliest15216043whirliest
wiftiest14279173w_iftiest
wiggliest1444883wiggliest
wiliest103416593w__iliest
wiseliest1237723wiseliest
wobbliest16275333wobbliest
wofullest1543243wofullest
wooliest113011643w_ooliest
woolliest1235853woolliest

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641756.14324196.8
3Display Results75750.0302500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691756.59327103.1
 
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