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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 “antecessors” 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.

26 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
antecessors135236(None) 
antecessor1252321antecessor_
intercessors1453882intercessors
ancestors1147233an__cestors
intercessor1354333intercessor_
intercessory1753173intercessory
accessory1643324a__ccessory
addressors1252414a_ddressors
aggressors1252374a_ggressors
ancestor1046854an__cestor_
antecedents1453344antecedents
antecedes1245064antece__des
antechoirs1553104antec_hoirs
antichlors1545164antic_hlors
assessors843934a__ssessors
attestors945754a_t_testors
interceptors16115744interceptors
intercessions15225884intercessions
necessary1452324_n_ecessary
precensors1445464_precensors
predecessors17121624predecessors
processors1446434_processors
recensors1176134__recensors
stressors955794_st_ressors
successors1453014_successors
unnecessary168964unnecessary

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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819268.51617475.2
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691268.95219961.0
 
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