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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 “piffles” 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.

32 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
piffles1536876(None) 
piffle14418231piffle_
piffled16366401piffled
riffles133911161riffles
baffles153710682baffles
biffies152710852biffies
coffles152610002coffles
duffles14308922duffles
jiffies20327472jiffies
muffles153910452muffles
piaffes15115052piaffes
pickles153215442pickles
piddles114314272piddles
piles74742612pi__les
pilules9510622pilules
pimples133012422pimples
pinoles93418702pinoles
pintles94118722pintles
pizzles17329272pizzles
purfles122511842purfles
raffles133611842raffles
riffle124210232riffle_
riffled14338602riffled
riffler13328352riffler
rifflers14336442rifflers
rifles94217702ri_fles
ruffles133512272ruffles
skiffles18265712skiffles
sniffles14257722sniffles
spiffies16277992spiffies
waffles16329982waffles
whiffles2034262whiffles

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit107671323.03035535.0
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691323.17356316.1
 
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