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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 “biff” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

128 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
biff12502690(None) 
baff124632271baff
biffs134814411biffs
biffy164711131biffy
boff124727331boff
buff125229861buff
diff116228851diff
iff96730401_iff
jiff175321421jiff
miff125625071miff
riff104430111riff
tiff104727731tiff
aff95537612_aff
baffs134718052baffs
baffy165511922baffy
barf95844412barf
beef96233682beef
bi48046482bi__
bias64738172bias
bib77045952bi_b
bibb75819222bibb
bibs84831002bibs
bice86235572bice
bid67751822bi_d
bide76041512bide
bidi78226602bidi
bids75838462bids
bier65531842bier
biffed15449882biffed
biffin14369102biffin
bifid11910702bifid
big67345732bi_g
bigs76235032bigs
bike106532612bike
bile66147192bile
bilk105824432bilk
bill67239952bill
bima86723842bima
bin56658652bi_n
bind76234522bind
bine66650872bine
bins66548262bins
bint67355052bint
bio57846092bi_o
biog76122332biog
bios66335332bios
bird76128332bird
birk106326872birk
birl65830482birl
biro66131222biro
birr66022372birr
bis56860672bi_s
bise66437112bise
bisk106523362bisk
bit57070912bi_t
bite66547012bite
bits66148172bits
bitt65545822bitt
biz147939372bi_z
bize155926302bize
blaff135216482blaff
bluff134413832bluff
boffo136010372boffo
boffs134915502boffs
brief105422602brief
buffi136112202buffi
buffo135112182buffo
buffs135519512buffs
buffy165013372buffy
bumf116126512bumf
caff125631672caff
cliff135917132cliff
coff126930782coff
cuff125327992cuff
daff115229682daff
dif76846912di_f
diffs126315492diffs
difs86027332difs
doff116225782doff
duff114326642duff
eff96128622_eff
fief107331372fief
fife106027712fife
gaff114828152gaff
gift86735802gift
gliff124915662gliff
griff124416462griff
guff114624932guff
huff135623842huff
if57239962_i_f
iffy135312282_iffy
ifs67124252_ifs
jiffs185710312jiffs
jiffy21458312jiffy
kief117128422kief
kif105941202ki_f
kifs116023522kifs
lief76037002lief
life75433742life
lift76942732lift
luff104426702luff
miffs134512882miffs
miffy163910202miffy
muff124723862muff
naff105128932naff
off96331632_off
puff125525432puff
quiff201111562quiff
raff104933042raff
rif65951572ri_f
rife74632332rife
riffs115114612riffs
rifs74929012rifs
rift75642342rift
ruff105127652ruff
sift710740672sift
skiff153612812skiff
sniff113915862sniff
spiff133616402spiff
stiff114219242stiff
teff106023762teff
tiffs114414882tiffs
toff105929902toff
tuff104528522tuff
waff134228042waff
whiff17310062whiff
wife105228032wife
yaff135324262yaff

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298721280.90632971.3
3Display Results1281280.0304266.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911281.202148661.4
 
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