Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “counterquestiona” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

30 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
counterquestion2671211counterquestion_
counteraction1755385counter__action_
counteractions1855025counter__actions
counterfeiting2054025counter_feiti_ng
counterguerilla1871415countergue_rilla
counterpetition1961945counterpetition_
counterreaction19102375counterreaction_
contraception1953756co_nt_raception_
contraceptions2053386co_nt_raceptions
contravention18103876co_nt_ravention_
contraventions19103576co_nt_raventions
counteracting1856286counter__acti_ng
counterchecking2662556counterchecki_ng
counterion1249536counter_____ion_
counterions1349826counter_____ions
counterplotting2062806counterplotti_ng
counterpointing2063036counterpointi_ng
counterpoising19164196counterpois_i_ng
counterposing1885446counter_pos_i_ng
counterpunching2562366counterpunchi_ng
counterresponse1961766counter_res_ponse
countersign1447246counter___s_ign_
countersigns1546426counter___s_igns
countersink1748066counter___s_i_nk
counterstain14156786counter___stain_
counterstains15156626counter___stains
counterstating1755196counter_stati_ng
counterstroke1954786counter___stroke
countersues1348536countersues_____
countersuing1547086counter___sui_ng

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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874305.70311550.8
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.03229623.8
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.