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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 “professional” 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.

27 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
professional175496(None) 
processional1665391processional
professionals1864041professionals
precessional1655122precessional
processionals1754142processionals
profession1546592profession__
professionally2263182professionally
professions1646632profession_s
progressional1663962progressional
unprofessional1962592unprofessional
confessional17175463confessional
nonprofessional2072133nonprofessional
possessional1463643possessional
preprofessional2282033preprofessional
procession1448413procession__
processionally2163133processionally
processioned1753973processioned
processions1548153procession_s
professing16106623professi_n_g
professionalism22112713professionalism
professionalize2972183professionalize
professorial1753663professorial
projectional2355423projectional
provisional1655463pro_visional
recessional1354983_recessional
subprofessional2271593subprofessional
unprofessionals2072013unprofessionals

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.716249568.4
2DLD Change Limit95024274.34621864.7
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691275.07535210.0
 
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