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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcountdown” 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.

13 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
countdown154243(None) 
countdowns1642021countdowns
cutdown1344082c_u_tdown
comedown1644143co_medown
cooldown1443403co_oldown
countian1048123count_ian
cutdowns1443343c_u_tdowns
downtown1543293downt_own
putdown1343883_pu_tdown
rundown1165443_run_down
shutdown1542703shu_tdown
sundown1186313_sun_down
touchdown1852173touchdown

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641137.55019687.5
3Display Results13130.0131000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691137.98322383.9