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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 “baffling” 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.

28 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
baffling175605(None) 
baffing164011601baff_ing
raffling1567061raffling
waffling1845421waffling
babbling12228692babbling
bafflingly2242212bafflingly
bailing103723522ba_iling
baling94829692ba__ling
balling104424762ba_lling
bantling112612002bantling
barfing134615092barf_ing
battling113110492battling
bawling133813862ba_wling
biffing163510012biff_ing
boffing16339982boff_ing
buffing163411392buff_ing
coffling1736482coffling
daffing15369732daff_ing
gaffing15379732gaff_ing
muffling1765502muffling
naffing14359032naff_ing
piffling1745132piffling
riffling1556112riffling
ruffling1546092ruffling
snaffling1643762snaffling
waffing173710242waff_ing
wafflings1943022wafflings
yaffing17337822yaff_ing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059283.61033534.3
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691284.01344528.0
 
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