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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 “stifling” 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.

53 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
stifling12211091(None) 
stiffing15248701stiffing
stilling93415321stilling
rifling112815012_rifling
sailing83927372sai_ling
shieling123512402shieling
shifting152910382shifting
shilling123315382shilling
sibling10814422s_ibling
sidling9915422s_idling
sifting113014592s_ifting
skiffling2043102skiffling
skilling132911332skilling
skirling13249062skirling
smiling103915442smi_ling
sniffing15227452sniffing
sniffling1644092sniffling
soiling83422322soi_ling
spieling113212522spieling
spiffing17237082spiffing
spiling102919702spi_ling
spilling113113942spilling
stabling112913652stabling
staffing15247492staffing
staling83925422st_aling
stalling95116702stalling
stapling112813152stapling
starling93017122starling
stealing93416602stealing
steeling93615142steeling
sterling93615552sterling
sticking153513462sticking
stickling1647002stickling
stiflingly1743442stiflingly
stilting93312402stilting
stimying1437502stimying
stinging103213452stinging
stinking133113542stinking
stinting93415742stinting
stippling1475172stippling
stirring9299652stirring
stooling93113132stooling
stripling1257782stripling
stuffing15247842stuffing
styling112910652st_yling
swilling123511932swilling
swirling12249142swirling
tiffing14339382_tiffing
tiling73426552_ti_ling
tilling83522782_tilling
tirling83315732_tirling
titling83715792_titling
trifling122411502trifling

Search took 5 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 Limit121059533.59333693.0
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691534.04644164.9
 
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