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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcountdowns” 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
countdowns164202(None) 
countdown1542431countdown_
cutdowns1443342c_u_tdowns
comedowns1743183co_medowns
cooldowns1542793co_oldowns
countians1147333count_ians
cutdown1344083c_u_tdown_
downtowns1642933downt_owns
putdowns1443523_pu_tdowns
rundowns1284533_run_downs
shutdowns1642443shu_tdowns
sundowns1285433_sun_downs
touchdowns1951733touchdowns

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603135.78024325.8
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691136.18628886.4