Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “spliff” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

19 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
spliff	14	3	860	(None)
spiff	13	36	1640	1	sp_iff
spliffs	15	3	356	1	spliffs
cliff	13	59	1713	2	_cliff
gliff	12	49	1566	2	_gliff
salify	12	3	1137	2	salify
sclaff	14	3	831	2	sclaff
skiff	15	36	1280	2	s_kiff
sluff	11	40	1681	2	s_luff
sniff	11	39	1586	2	s_niff
spiffs	14	32	847	2	sp_iffs
spiffy	17	32	622	2	sp_iffy
splice	10	49	1510	2	splice
spline	8	60	2053	2	spline
splint	8	52	2328	2	splint
split	7	57	2901	2	spli_t
splits	8	54	1641	2	splits
stiff	11	42	1924	2	s_tiff
uplift	11	46	1065	2	uplift

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	82551	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.406	34310.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	2.548	70129.9