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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 “downtown” 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.

30 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
downtown154329(None) 
downtowns1642931downtowns
downbow1653392downbow_
downbows1783692downbows
downtowner1751702downtowner
downturn1243222downturn
boomtown1542123boomtown
countdown1542433countdown
donjon1436463do_njo_n
downcome1644133downcome
download1343833download
downpour1443003downpour
downspin1443733downspin
downthrow1951813downthrow_
downthrows2051703downthrows
downtick1843523downtick
downtime1444753downtime
downtowners1851423downtowners
downtrend1442163downtrend
downtrod1343353downtrod
downturns1342473downturns
downzone21134273downzone
hometown1644143hometown
intown936153__intown
kowtow1643463kow_tow_
kowtows1742763kow_tows
lowdown1454483low_down
ponton83217643po_nto_n
pontoon93010703po_ntoon
wonton93410963wo_nto_n

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162307.00020880.3
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.44923988.6
 
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