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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 “contemporaries” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

38 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
contemporaries206252(None) 
contemporarily23101972contemporarily
contemporary2162383contemporar__y
contemporizes2853203contempor_izes
temporaries1554243___temporaries
contemplates1855284contemp_la_tes
contemplatives23122774contemp_latives
contemporaneity24221434contemporaneity
contemporaneous2171364contemporaneous
contemporize2753374contempo__rize
contemporized2962814contempor_ized
contemporizing3092804contemporizing
contraries12711934cont____raries
centenaries1346485cente___naries
commemorates1753575commem_ora_tes
commemoratives2262425commem_oratives
confectionaries22102335confectionaries
confederacies2162675confe_deracies
conspiracies1852895con__spiracies
contemnors1445245contemno__r__s
contemplate1755205contemp_la_te_
contemplated1954445contemp_la_ted
contemplating2054125contemp_lating
contemplation1985265contemp_lation
contemplations2074735contemp_lations
contemplative22123705contemp_lative
contemplators1953575contemp_lators
contumacies1754145contum___acies
costmaries1446915cost_m___aries
countercries1648995counte___rcries
extemporarily2771945_extemporarily
honoraries1347485hon____oraries
intemperances1953155_intemperances
nontemporal1553585nontempora___l
temporalizes2554765___temporalizes
temporarily1852415___temporarily
temporariness1762485___temporariness
uncontemporary2381015uncontemporar__y

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 Filter178691950240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit95024387.59612509.7
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.99922339.2
 
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