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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 “contentious” 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
contentious134701(None) 
contentions13412091contentions
contention12412222contentio_n
contentiously1854162contentiously
conventions16410532conventions
sententious11104182sententious
uncontentious1562322uncontentious
abstentious1362673abstentious
compendious1853373compendious
conceptions17410593conceptions
confections18411393confections
congenerous1453593congenerous
congestions1449313congestions
connections15410703connections
conscientious17102253conscientious
contagious1345353cont_agious
contemptuous1852053contemptuous
contenting13313323contenti_ng
contents104018213content___s
conterminous1653283conterminous
continuous1245723contin_uous
contortions1348683contortions
contrarious1354733contrarious
contritions13410913contritions
convections18411493convections
convention15410563conventio_n
intentions10411403_intentions
portentous1244423portent_ous
pretentious13125593pretentious
tendentious1252953tendentious

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633305.25023168.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691305.65631593.2
 
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