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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 “prepossess” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
prepossess144308(None) 
repossess1143701_repossess
prepossessed1752202prepossessed
prepossesses1552912prepossesses
dispossess1243393dispossess
possess9419123___possess
precesses13310463precesse_s
premisses13288763premisse_s
prepastes13128823prepaste_s
prepossessing1862283prepossessing
prepossession1762283prepossession
preppiness1344423preppiness
prepress12137983prep__ress
preprocess1644053preprocess
pressers103215023pre__ssers
presses93523153pre__sse_s
proposers13228523propo_sers
proposes122515973propo_se_s
prosses94019513pr__osse_s
reassess836513_re_assess
repasses101810373_repasse_s
reposers102911603_repo_sers
reposes94021263_repo_se_s
repossessed1452533_repossessed
repossesses1253343_repossesses
repossessor1351803_repossessor
repousses1146063_repousse_s

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603276.79620689.1
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.23224708.4
 
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