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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 “downswing” 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.

36 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
downswing174304(None) 
downswings1841931downswings
downing123811672down__ing
downsizing2443042downsizing
downspin1443732downspin_
downspins1543602downspins
downwind1653412down_wind
dowsing123411122dow_s_ing
bowsing134012503bow_s_ing
bowwowing1742133bowwowing
dawning124111013dawn__ing
dognaping1443183dognaping
donating10311803do_nating
donning93512763do_n_ning
dosing83920273do__s_ing
dossing93313273do__ssing
dousing93315763do_us_ing
doweling13279763dow_eling
dowelling1466253dowelling
dowering132510613dow_ering
dowing114221513do___wing
downlink1644523down_link
downscaling1851763downscaling
downshift1983703downshift
downside1345293downs_ide
downsize2144273downs_ize
downslide1443373downslide
downzoning2441583downzoning
drownding1564123drown_ding
drowning13298363drown__ing
drowsing13287773drow_s_ing
gowning12258833gown__ing
kowtowing2042123kowtowing
outswing1259283_outswing
owning104110333_own__ing
powwowing1741873powwowing

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641366.26623721.8
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.70226662.3
 
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