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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 “contravention” 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.

31 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
contravention1810387(None) 
contraventions19103571contraventions
contraception1953752contraception
contention12412223cont___ention
contraceptions2053383contraceptions
contraction15411243contra__ction
contradiction1854563contradiction
contraption1548103contra__ption
contravening1853563contraven_ing
convention15410563con___vention
concatenation1764094con_catenation
concretion1449294concr__e_tion
contamination1766954cont_amination
contentions13412094cont___entions
contraceptive2253004contraceptive
contractions16410404contra__ctions
contradictions1954144contradictions
contraposition18112824contraposition
contraptions1647644contra__ptions
contrapuntist1762764contrapuntist
contravene1545094contraven___e
contravened1753554contraven__ed
contravener1653424contraven__er
contraveners1753504contraven_ers
contravenes1655634contraven__es
contribution1655094contr_ibution
contrition12411414contr___ition
controverting1953364controverting
convection17411124con___vection
conventions16410534con___ventions
intervention1568384_intervention

Search took 7 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024315.95315962.4
3Display Results31310.0301033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691316.34328171.4
 
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