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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 “contravening” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

40 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
contravening185356(None) 
constraining1554543constra_ining
containing13410933cont_a_ining
contracting16610473contra_cting
contrasting1459353contra_sting
contravene1545093contrave__ne
contravened1753553contraven_ed
contravener1653423contraven_er
contraveners1753503contraveners
contravenes1655633contraven_es
contravention18103873contravention
contraventions19103573contraventions
contriving1648193contriv__ing
controverting1953363controverting
convening15311193con___vening
cravening1547553c___ravening
caravaning1644424c__aravaning
centralising1555934centralising
centralizing2458054centralizing
coarsening1345544co_ar_sening
concaving1737354con_cav__ing
concreting1539874concr__eting
contacting15610074cont_a_cting
contemning1577064cont__emning
contending1449124cont___ending
contenting13313324cont___enting
contradicting1954074contradicting
contributing1754304contributing
controlling1445424contr_olling
conventing16311544con___venting
conveying1838324con___veying
entraining1147644_entra_ining
intervening1548174_intervening
nonthreatening1861084nonthreatening
outbrazening2461424_outbrazening
outraving13910134_outrav__ing
outtraveling1652034outtraveling
ravening122611294____ravening
traveling1349054___traveling
unraveling1454474_un_raveling

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790407.95315690.9
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691408.37521336.2
 
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