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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 “diff” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

135 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
diff11622885(None) 
biff125026901biff
daff115229681daff
dif76846911di_f
diffs126315491diffs
difs86027331difs
doff116225781doff
duff114326641duff
iff96730401_iff
jiff175321421jiff
miff125625071miff
riff104430111riff
tiff104727731tiff
aff95537612_aff
baff124632272baff
biffs134814412biffs
biffy164711132biffy
boff124727332boff
buff125229862buff
caff125631672caff
cliff135917132cliff
coff126930782coff
cuff125327992cuff
daffs125116422daffs
daffy155510282daffy
daft85537252daft
deaf85838402deaf
def76546722d_ef
defi86321492defi
deft85540222deft
defy114921262defy
deify124112762deify
delf85436572delf
dial55935072dial
dib65746952di_b
dibs76233692dibs
dice75841902dice
dick116432392dick
did56850532di_d
dido66528212dido
didy99121522didy
die46759662di_e
died66137862died
diel59034612diel
dieoff1335502dieoff
dies55653532dies
diet57357542diet
differ133910842differ
dig57544482di_g
digs66036062digs
dike95935772dike
dill55239982dill
dim68146502di_m
dime76237652dime
dims75435032dims
din46459472di_n
dine55555342dine
ding66940962ding
dink97137812dink
dino56036762dino
dins56652052dins
dint56759062dint
diol57329142diol
dip67848992di_p
dips75536922dips
dipt77339332dipt
dire56644152dire
dirk96326842dirk
dirl57430032dirl
dirt55550392dirt
dis46459902di_s
disc76123242disc
dish86328342dish
disk96625842disk
diss56434492diss
dit47071342di_t
dita56032532dita
dite55547562dite
dits56450532dits
ditz146929522ditz
diva85920892diva
dive85634782dive
doffs125614332doffs
draff125615662draff
drift95722842drift
duffs125216622duffs
edify12308562edify
eff96128622_eff
fief107331372fief
fife106027712fife
gaff114828152gaff
gift86735802gift
gliff124915662gliff
griff124416462griff
guff114624932guff
huff135623842huff
if57239962_i_f
iffy135312282_iffy
ifs67124252_ifs
jiffs185710312jiffs
jiffy21458312jiffy
kief117128422kief
kif105941202ki_f
kifs116023522kifs
lief76037002lief
life75433742life
lift76942732lift
luff104426702luff
miffs134512882miffs
miffy163910202miffy
muff124723862muff
naff105128932naff
off96331632_off
puff125525432puff
quiff201111562quiff
raff104933042raff
rif65951572ri_f
rife74632332rife
riffs115114612riffs
rifs74929012rifs
rift75642342rift
ruff105127652ruff
sift710740672sift
skiff153612812skiff
sniff113915862sniff
spiff133616402spiff
stiff114219242stiff
teff106023762teff
tiffs114414882tiffs
toff105929902toff
tuff104528522tuff
waff134228042waff
whiff17310062whiff
wife105228032wife
yaff135324262yaff

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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298721350.92032469.6
3Display Results1351350.0334090.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911351.219146588.2
 
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