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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 “naffing” 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.

46 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
naffing1435903(None) 
baffing164011601baffing
daffing15369731daffing
gaffing15379731gaffing
waffing173710241waffing
yaffing17337821yaffing
affine12310502_affine
baffling1756052baffling
barfing134615092barfing
biffing163510012biffing
boffing16339982boffing
buffing163411392buffing
chaffing2036322chaffing
coffing163811252coffing
cuffing163210252cuffing
doffing15357792doffing
hafting144014172hafting
huffing17278832huffing
luffing143310102luffing
miffing16298402miffing
muffing163210402muffing
nabbing12299962nabbing
nagging102613042nagging
nailing83419962nailing
naming93917892na_ming
napping123514182napping
narking124015382narking
offing13368642_offing
piaffing1733922piaffing
puffing162910942puffing
quaffing2434352quaffing
raffling1567062raffling
rafting113815752rafting
reffing143712172reffing
riffing144011272riffing
ruffing143210842ruffing
snaffling1643762snaffling
snafuing1235082snafuing
snarfing12358662snarfing
sniffing15227452sniffing
snuffing15256802snuffing
staffing15247492staffing
tiffing14339382tiffing
waffling1845422waffling
wafting143911662wafting
waifing142910892waifing

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671462.86037647.2
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691463.26654712.5
 
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