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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 “downwards” 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.

37 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
downwards174383(None) 
downward1644441downward_
downlands1453852downlands
downwardly2151562downwardly
moonwards1574202moonwards
onwards1137172_o_nwards
cowards1339613co__wards
dockyards2042983dockyards
dooryards1443263dooryards
dotards937253do__tards
downcasts1542913downcasts
downers113912773down_er_s
downfalls1643143downfalls
downgrade1543093downgrade
downgrades1652723downgrades
downhauls1642373downhauls
downland1364533downland_
downloads1443603downloads
downturns1342473downturns
downwardness2061843downwardness
downwash1842623downwa_sh
downwashes2051763downwashes
downwind1653413downwind_
drunkards1541473drunkards
forwards1537043fo_rwards
homewards1844513homewards
inwards1138343__inwards
loanwords1343943loanwords
manwards1447613_manwards
moonward1474473moonward_
nonwars10109003no_nwar_s
nonwords1247463no_nwords
onward1039053_o_nward_
outwards1299123_outwards
poniards1145823po_niards
sunwards1236443_sunwards
towards1138783to__wards

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 Limit148641376.98321286.1
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.41924085.6
 
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