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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 “businesspersons” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
businesspersons1818114(None) 
businessperson18181211businessperson_
businesses121411375business_e____s
businessmen1551965businessme___n_
businesspeople208795businesspe_ople
congresspersons20201325congresspersons
newspersons1652305____newspersons
salespersons1461915__sale_spersons
bushinesses16107466bushiness_e____s
businessman1551336business___man_
businesswoman2091026business_woman_
businesswomen20121166business_women_
bustinesses131310096bustiness_e____s
busynesses15145506busyness_e____s
congressperson19231326congressperson_
housepersons1762076hous__e__persons
interspersions1663876___interspersions
newsperson1552506____newsperson_
salesperson1351916__sale_sperson_
spokespersons2171176__spokespersons
superpersons1654626__supe_rpersons
unpersons1146856_u__n___persons

Search took 9 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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024227.86012089.6
3Display Results22220.0131692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691228.24921662.1
 
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