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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 “professors” 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
professors155525(None) 
processors1446431processors
professor1445031professor_
pressors103212692pr__essors
processers1446002processers
processor1346232processor_
professes1437872profess_es
professions1646632professions
protestors12169312protestors
colessors1145663_colessors
confessors1544833confessors
coprocessors1852533coprocessors
plessors10278253p__lessors
possessors1153193possessors
precensors1445463precensors
pressers103215023pr__essers
pressor93512883pr__essor_
processer1346893processer_
processes13310233process_es
processions1548153processions
profess1237713profe_s__s
professed1545243profess_ed
professing16106623professing
profession1546593profession
professorate1762953professorate
professorates1862353professorates
professorial1753663professorial
professoriat1764003professoriat
professoriats1862803professoriats
professorship23112643professorship
profusions1545253profusions
projectors21187173projectors
promisors13236363pro_misors
promissory1752773promissory
propellors1444433propellors
prosectors14199123prosectors
protectors142010143protectors
protesters12169383protesters
protestor11178493protestor_
prowesses1437193prowess_es

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603405.73324525.2
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691406.17228951.9
 
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