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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 “caitiffs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
caitiffs164288(None) 
caitiff1547131caitiff_
bailiffs1642562bailiffs
castoffs1644042castoffs
mastiffs1644232mastiffs
bailiff1546073bailiff_
caffs135417373ca___ffs
calctuffs1951393calctuffs
califs114915893ca_li_fs
canities101519263caniti_es
cantinas102713783cantinas
captions123813223captions
captious122810573captious
captives1538623captives
castings113614053castings
castoff1547793castoff_
cations94524143ca_tions
catties94023053catti_es
cautions103313183cautions
cautious103110233cautious
cavities131412613caviti_es
chitins122713793chiti_ns
cities84524853c_iti_es
citifies13310683c_itifies
citify1437443c_iti_fy
cliffs14477593c__liffs
clitics11279973cliti_cs
coitions10312853coitions
critics112811093criti_cs
cutoffs1533603c_utoffs
laities7320343laiti_es
mastiff1538163mastiff_
plaintiffs1851153plaintiffs
pontiffs1643143pontiffs
stiffs12389963__stiffs
tariffs1334593ta_riffs
tiffs114414883___tiffs
waitings123413743waitings

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.486367677.0
2DLD Change Limit146162388.42017358.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691388.92220028.1
 
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