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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 “prepossession” 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.

28 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
prepossession176228(None) 
prepossessions1762291prepossessions
repossession1453091_repossession
prepossessing1862282prepossessing
repossessions1453072_repossessions
dispossession1571533dispossession
nonpossession1582063nonpossession
possession1264843___possession
prepossess1443083prepossess___
prepossessed1752203prepossess_ed
prepossesses1552913prepossess_es
repossessing1553043_repossessing
repossessor1351803_repossess_or
dispossessions1561494dispossessions
nonpossessions15111904nonpossessions
possessions1265024___possessions
precession1448824pre___cession
preposition15108584prepo_s_ition
prerecession1683574pre_recession
procession1448414pr__o_cession
profession1546594pr__o_fession
progression1455884pr__ogression
repossess1143704_repossess___
repossessed1452534_repossess_ed
repossesses1253344_repossess_es
repossessors1361684_repossessors
repression1249044_rep__ression
unprepossessing207634unprepossessing

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 Filter178691950240.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit95024285.00019004.8
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691285.13934771.6
 
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