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

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

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

21 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
contracts13221201(None) 
contacts123215211cont_acts
contract122915631contract_
contrasts112211041contrasts
coatracks1745402coatracks
congrats11311432congra_ts
constricts1477732constricts
constructs1457052constructs
contact1144020682cont_act_
contracted1549822contracted
contractor1449072contractor
contractors1549162contractors
contradicts1654582contradicts
contrails11410542contrails
contralti1147742contralti
contralto1147092contralto
contraltos1246762contraltos
contras93015622contra__s
contrast102614782contrast_
contrasty14217192contrasty
counteracts1547512counteracts

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911214360.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121436213.40335685.0
3Display Results21210.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691213.77947285.3