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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 “piffling” 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.

26 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
piffling174513(None) 
riffling1556111riffling
baffling1756052baffling
biffing163510012biff_ing
coffling1736482coffling
miffing16298402miff_ing
muffling1765502muffling
piaffing1733922piaffing
pickling17239202pickling
piddling13208952piddling
piling95025592pi__ling
pilling103722562pi_lling
pindling122110982pindling
puffing162910942puff_ing
purfling1467762purfling
raffling1567062raffling
riffing144011272riff_ing
rifling112815012ri_fling
ruffling1546092ruffling
skiffling2043102skiffling
sniffling1644092sniffling
spiffing17237082spiff_ing
spiffying2142752spiffying
tiffing14339382tiff_ing
waffling1845422waffling
whiffling2242882whiffling

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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059263.54634139.6
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691263.96945021.7
 
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