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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 “contras” 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.

34 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
contras9301562(None) 
contra83314701contra_
contrast102614781contrast
cantrap113310282cantrap
cantraps12319112cantraps
centas85020702cent_as
centra84113882centra_
central93114472central
centrals102712032centrals
centres93817122centres
cobras104014192co_bras
conchas144013312conchas
congas94417032con_gas
congrats11311432congrats
contes84432912cont_es
contorts101112642contorts
contos84923232cont_os
contract122915632contract
contracts132212012contracts
contrail10410982contrail
contrails11410542contrails
contrary1347492contrary
contrasts112211042contrasts
contrasty14217192contrasty
control9310692control
controls10311392controls
coppras13327832coppras
copras103517152co_pras
costars94218012costars
cottars94412242cottars
cottas84615572co_ttas
mantras93815862mantras
tantras73112092tantras
yantras10259002yantras

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671343.67329314.2
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691344.05944023.4
 
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