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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 “predecessor” 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.

33 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
predecessor1613199(None) 
predecessors17121621predecessors
precensor1345253pr__ecensor
predecease1543523predeceas_e
predeceased1752983predeceased
predeceases1653623predeceases
preprocessor1862743preprocessor
prerecession1683573prerecession
processor1346233pr__ocessor
redressor1064223_red_ressor
antecessor1252324_antecessor
percussor1342914p_e_rcussor
precensors1445464pr__ecensors
precentor1348734pr__ecentor
preceptor1547324pr__eceptor
precess11310864pr__ecess__
precessed1437524pr__ecessed
precesses13310464pr__ecesses
precession1448824pr__ecession
precursor1342924pr__ecursor
predeceasing18103064predeceasing
predictor1447094predic__tor
prelector1348094prelec__tor
preprocessors1962484preprocessors
pressor93512884pr____essor
processer1346894pr__ocesser
processors1446434pr__ocessors
professor1445034pr__ofessor
recensor1045544_r__ecensor
redresser1056794_red_resser
redressors1153784_red_ressors
regressor1064614_re_gressor
repressor1166344_re_pressor

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819339.42315793.2
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691339.87518095.3
 
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