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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 “professionalism” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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
professionalism2211271(None) 
professionalize2972182professionalize
professionals1864042professional_s_
confessionalism2272433confessionalism
processionals1754143processional_s_
professional1754963professional___
professionally2263183professional_ly
confessionalist2072524confessionalist
processional1665394processional___
processionally2163134processional_ly
professions1646634profession___s_
unprofessionals2072014unprofessional_s_
bioregionalism1991795biore_gionalism
confessionals18154175confessional_s_
personalism15137395p___ers_onalism
precessional1655125precessional___
processioning1853745procession__ing
processions1548155procession___s_
profession1546595profession_____
professorates1862355profess_orates_
progressional1663965progressional___
protectionism1984945protection__ism
provisionals1753765pro_visional_s_
recessionals1453615_recessional_s_
regionalism1455545_r__e_gionalism
unprofessional1962595unprofessional___

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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874264.06016225.1
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691264.40640556.3
 
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