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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 “iffier” 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.

29 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
iffier123676(None) 
miffier1537021miffier
affixer2033912affixer
biffies152710852biffies
buffier1568402buffier
cliffier1633912cliffier
daffier1457832daffier
defier105118652defier
differ133910842diff_er
fifer115519972fif_er
flier86023402_flier
frier85225842_frier
huffier1637492huffier
icier74313752i_cier
ickier12439922ickier
iffiest1337962iffiest
infer84215032inf_er
inkier104013782inkier
inlier63615362inlier
jiffies20327472jiffies
niffer12378442niff_er
niftier10328712niftier
offer114311382off_er
officer1534212officer
puffier1547972puffier
riffler13328352riffler
sniffier14356642sniffier
spiffier16255882spiffier
wiftier13297732wiftier

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551292.11039123.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691292.46972373.8
 
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