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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “contention” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

72 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
contention	12	4	1222	(None)
contentions	13	4	1209	1	contentions
convention	15	4	1056	1	convention
conception	16	4	1045	2	conception
confection	17	4	1118	2	confection
congestion	13	4	904	2	congestion
connection	14	4	1053	2	connection
contenting	13	3	1332	2	contenting
contentious	13	4	701	2	contentious
contortion	12	4	866	2	contortion
contrition	12	4	1141	2	contrition
convection	17	4	1112	2	convection
conventions	16	4	1053	2	conventions
intention	9	4	1201	2	_intention
abstention	12	5	439	3	abstention
attention	9	4	610	3	_attention
catenation	12	4	952	3	c_atenation
collection	14	4	820	3	collection
conation	10	14	2088	3	con__ation
concatenation	17	6	409	3	concatenation
conceptions	17	4	1059	3	conceptions
concertino	14	9	1084	3	concertino
concession	14	14	813	3	concession
concoction	13	4	823	3	concoction
concretion	14	4	929	3	concretion
condemnation	17	4	604	3	condemnation
condensation	15	4	678	3	condensation
condition	12	4	1116	3	con_dition
condonation	14	4	885	3	condonation
conduction	15	4	996	3	conduction
confections	18	4	1139	3	confections
confession	15	12	650	3	confession
conflation	15	4	1208	3	conflation
congelation	14	4	1034	3	congelation
congestions	14	4	931	3	congestions
conjunction	22	4	562	3	conjunction
connation	11	3	1426	3	con_nation
connections	15	4	1070	3	connections
connexion	18	7	460	3	conne_xion
conniption	14	4	627	3	conniption
consecution	15	4	731	3	consecution
consenting	13	3	1322	3	consenting
consternation	15	10	636	3	consternation
contagion	12	4	699	3	cont_agion
contending	14	4	912	3	contending
content	9	43	2615	3	content___
contented	12	3	1304	3	content_ed
contentment	15	5	666	3	contentment
contents	10	40	1821	3	content__s
contestation	14	4	866	3	contestation
contesting	13	3	1221	3	contesting
continuation	14	4	819	3	continuation
contortions	13	4	868	3	contortions
contraction	15	4	1124	3	contraction
contraption	15	4	810	3	contraption
contravention	18	10	387	3	cont~~rav~~ention
contritions	13	4	1091	3	contritions
contusion	11	4	706	3	cont_usion
convections	18	4	1149	3	convections
conventing	16	3	1154	3	conventing
conventional	17	5	716	3	conventional
conversion	15	4	842	3	conversion
conviction	17	4	818	3	conviction
correction	14	4	881	3	correction
counterion	12	4	953	3	counte_rion
detention	10	16	954	3	_detention
distention	11	15	887	3	distention
indention	10	4	951	3	_indention
intension	9	4	849	3	_intension
intentions	10	4	1140	3	_intentions
invention	12	4	833	3	_invention
retention	9	16	1148	3	_retention

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	140603	0.466	383457.1
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	72	5.690	24710.5
3	Display Results	72	72	0.046	1565.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	6.202	28811.8