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

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
nonprofessional207213(None) 
unprofessional1962592_unprofessional
nonprofessorial20111193nonprofessorial
preprofessional2282033preprofessional
professional1754963___professional
subprofessional2271593subprofessional
unprofessionals2072013_unprofessionals
compressional1954264compr__essional
confessional17175464con___fessional
congressional1653514congr__essional
processional1665394___processional
professionals1864044___professionals
concessional16195395con___cessional
confessionals18154175con___fessionals
expressional2164215_expr__essional
nondimensional1771495non_dimensional
nonpersonal13114435nonp___ers_onal
nonpossession1582065nonpossession__
nonpossessions15111905nonpossession_s
nonprossing1454495nonpro__ssi_n_g
precessional1655125___precessional
processionals1754145___processionals
profession1546595___profession__
professionally2263185___professionally
professions1646635___profession_s
progressional1663965___progressional

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 Limit65874264.53014541.7
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691264.87236677.1
 
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