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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 “contrary” 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.

68 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
contrary134749(None) 
cinerary1346432cinerary
contra83314702contra__
contract122915632contract
contrail10410982contrail
contrarily1576102contrarily
contras93015622contra_s
contrast102614782contrast
contrasty14217192contrasty
costmary1545052costmary
honorary1445802honorary
canary11314693can__ary
cantraip12326393cantraip
cantrap113310283cantra_p
cantraps12319113cantraps
centare93113703cent_are
centaury1343953centaury
centenary1444323centenary
centiare1067203centiare
centra84113883centra__
central93114473centra_l
centrally1448903centrally
centrals102712033centrals
century1237193cent_ury
coatrack1645853coatrack
cometary1547693cometary
confrere1347563confrere
congrats11311433congrats
constrain1149333constrain
contact1144020683cont_act
contain9315833cont_ain
contort91422343cont_ort
contour939973contour_
contours1039653contours
contracts132212013contracts
contrails11410543contrails
contralti1147743contralti
contralto1147093contralto
contrarian1247933contrarian
contraries12711933contraries
contrariety1654633contrariety
contrasts112211043contrasts
contrite10318543contrite
contrive13311353contrive
control9310693contr_ol
controls10311393controls
contumacy1852873contumacy
coronary1347693coronary
costar85518613cost_ar_
costard104113353cost_ard
costars94218013cost_ars
cottar84613813co_ttar_
cottars94412243co_ttars
countercry1745093countercry
country12388043count__ry
covary1438743co__vary
funerary1443643funerary
horary12310383ho__rary
monetary1346523monetary
mortary12369043mort_ary
mortuary1373923mortuary
notary92310713no_t_ary
ostiary1036463_ostiary
portray1237483portra_y
rotary92411303ro_t_ary
subcontrary1862023subcontrary
votary12248333vo_t_ary
zonary1838793zon__ary

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162686.79621507.1
3Display Results68680.0302266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691687.23224708.4
 
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