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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 “preoccupations” 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.

24 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
preoccupations225201(None) 
preoccupation2152391preoccupation_
reoccupations1972761_reoccupations
reoccupation1873322_reoccupation_
occupations1744543___occupations
procurations1647403pr_o_curations
brecciations1844284bre_cc_iations
flocculations2052474_flocculations
occupation1645184___occupation_
peculations15310284p_e__culations
precautions1546554pre_cau__tions
preconceptions2253884preconcep_tions
predications17411184predic__ations
prefigurations2053024prefigurations
preoccupancies217854preoccupancies
preoccupies1952144preoccup__i_es
preoccupying2451424preoccup_yi_ng
preoptions1447644preo___p_tions
preordinations1765714preordinations
prescriptions19135334prescrip_tions
proclamations1952694pr_oclamations
procreations1647274pr_o_creations
procuration1548294pr_o_curation_
reticulations1556614_reticulations

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874243.66017998.4
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691243.99944683.9
 
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