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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcontain” 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.

25 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
contain931582(None) 
contains10316531contains
captain112111052captain
centai84814782centai_
certain92612212certain
cocain101315012co_cain
conation101420882conation
congaing1239822congaing
conin76232722con__in
conjoin1638192conjoin
constrain1149312constrain
contact1144020682contact
contagia1156772contagia
contagion1246992contagion
contained12310892contained
container11311072container
contemn1137802contemn
contrail10410962contrail
cortin82423142cort_in
cotan71521782co_ta_n
countian1048122countian
curtain9319792curtain
fountain1144922fountain
mountain1046112mountain
obtain839182_obtain

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit107671255.11021070.6
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691255.29633740.7