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

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
continuous124572(None) 
contiguous1354421contiguous
continuos1147001continuo_s
continuers1247942continuers
continues11310992continu_es
continuo1047352continuo__
continuously1754392continuously
continuum1344132continu_um
continuums1453522continuums
chitinous1474993chitin_ous
coetaneous1254163coetaneous
congruous1244343con_gruous
conspicuous1752673conspicuous
contagious1345353contagious
contentious1347013contentious
contiguously1853453contiguously
continents1249563continents
continua1047653contin__ua
continual1147143continu_al
continuant12128293continuant
continuants13125323continuants
continuate1248333continuate
continuators14105623continuators
continue10311123contin__ue
continued1248483continu_ed
continuer1148713continu_er
continuing1348193continuing
continuity1545993continuity
cretinous1145893cretin_ous
discontinuous1672543discontinuous
noncontinuous1562373noncontinuous

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603316.56321423.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.99925530.9
 
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