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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 “prepossessing” 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.

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
prepossessing186228(None) 
repossessing1553041_repossessing
prepossession1762282prepossession
prepossessions1762292prepossessions
unprepossessing207632unprepossessing
dispossessing1661573dispossessing
possessing1344673___possessing
prepossess1443083prepossess___
prepossessed1752203prepossess_ed
prepossesses1552913prepossess_es
preprocessing2053553preprocessing
reassessing1243993_re_assessing
repossession1453093_repossession
repossessions1453073_repossessions
preblessing1643734pre__blessing
precessing1598744pre___cessing
prefocussing2052344prefo_cussing
prestressing1583974pre_stressing
processing15108184pr__o_cessing
professing16106624pr__o_fessing
progressing1545774pr__ogressing
repossess1143704_repossess___
repossessed1452534_repossess_ed
repossesses1253344_repossess_es
repossessor1351804_repossess_or
repossessors1361684_repossessors
repressing13310394_rep__ressing
reprocessing1754694_reprocessing

Search took 7 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024286.34314980.9
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.71926594.9
 
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