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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 “professor” 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.

40 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
professor144503(None) 
processor1346231processor
professors1555251professors
pressor93512882pr__essor
processer1346892processer
processors1446432processors
profess1237712profess__
professed1545242professed
professes1437872professes
profession1546592profession
protestor11178492protestor
colessor1045233_colessor
confessor1444343confessor
coprocessor1752373coprocessor
plessor9317693p__lessor
possessor1143203possessor
precensor1345253precensor
presser93717623pr__esser
pressors103212693pr__essors
process11310403process__
processed1446803processed
processers1446003processers
processes13310233processes
procession1448413procession
professing16106623professing
professions1646633professions
professorate1762953professorate
professorial1753663professorial
professoriat1764003professoriat
profusion1445703profusion
projector20186683projector
promisor12266183pro_misor
promissory1752773promissory
propellor1344543propellor
prosector13208533prosector
protector13169533protector
protester111510483protester
protestors12169313protestors
prowess1237903prowess__
prowesses1437193prowesses

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641407.43619989.4
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.90522604.8
 
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