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

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
buffeting184378(None) 
buffering1835221buffering
bucketing1835712bucketing
budgeting1444022budgeting
buffing163411392buff__ing
bulleting1236642bulleting
suffering1637292suffering
affecting1845233_affecting
baffing164011603baff__ing
baffling1756053baff_ling
basseting1236153basseting
befitting15236623befitting
befleaing1544023befleaing
befretting1644793befretting
biffing163510013biff__ing
billeting1236643billeting
bluffing17275493bluff__ing
boffing16339983boff__ing
bonneting1236173bonneting
breveting1536263breveting
buffaloing1941373buffaloing
buffet143113783buffet___
buffeted1753733buffet_ed
buffeter1683593buffet_er
buffeters1783143buffeters
buffets15317593buffet__s
buggering1435193buggering
bulletin1046773bulletin_
bulletins1146333bulletins
bumpering1636593bumpering
bunkering16207103bunkering
bunting103718833bu__nting
burdening1335543burdening
bursting1138703bu_rsting
busheling1535503busheling
busting104221793bu__sting
buttering122312523buttering
butting103519283bu__tting
coffering1838043coffering
cuffing163210253cuff__ing
curveting1535353curveting
differing1746483differing
dueting93814393du__eting
effecting1845583_effecting
feting104417793___feting
gauffering1842453gauffering
goffering1744483goffering
guffawing2041863guffawing
gusseting1173963gusseting
huffing17278833huff__ing
junketing2143093junketing
luffing143310103luff__ing
muffing163210403muff__ing
muffling1765503muff_ling
niffering1645133niffering
offering1536393_offering
puffing162910943puff__ing
quieting18228463qu_ieting
ruffing143210843ruff__ing
ruffling1546093ruff_ling
russeting1065323russeting
sufferings1743233sufferings
sufficing1844883sufficing
suffixing2343473suffixing
sufflating1744843sufflating
suffusing1643543suffusing
sulfating1338063sulfating
surfeiting1445023surfeiting
tufting11289873tu_f_ting

Search took 10 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 Limit148641699.06316400.9
3Display Results69690.0461500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691699.52918752.3
 
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