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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 “pouff” 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.

47 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
pouff13521542(None) 
pouf95732641pou_f
pouffe14448261pouffe
pouffs14418121pouffs
pouffy17395881pouffy
poufs105616061poufs
puff125525431p_uff
bluff134413832bluff
boff124727332bo_ff
bouffe14438312bouffe
buff125229862_buff
chuff164812492chuff
coff126930782co_ff
cuff125327992_cuff
doff116225782do_ff
duff114326642_duff
fluff103913612fluff
gruff124712142gruff
guff114624932_guff
howff175110492howff
huff135623842_huff
luff104426702_luff
muff124723862_muff
off96331632_o_ff
poof95541662po_of
poofs105222792poofs
poofy136213272poofy
pouch124617082pouch
poufed12449712poufed
pouffed16365952pouffed
pouffes15408122pouffes
poult76928872poult
pound84417862pound
pour611527472pou_r
pours74623182pours
pout65752552pou_t
pouts75530322pouts
pouty107018812pouty
puffs134114932p_uffs
puffy164410752p_uffy
ruff105127652_ruff
scuff133914892scuff
sluff114016812sluff
snuff113514042snuff
stuff113817052stuff
toff105929902to_ff
tuff104528522_tuff

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800471.76630464.3
3Display Results47470.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691472.07985950.5
 
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