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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 “congresspersons” 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.

33 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
congresspersons2020132(None) 
congressperson19231321congressperson_
businesspersons18181145businesspersons
congresses1348025congress_e____s
congressmen1652805congressme___n_
congresspeople217675congresspe_ople
newspersons1652305__n__ewspersons
businessperson18181216businessperson_
camerapersons1971246c__amerapersons
chairpersons1961536chair___persons
cochairpersons237766co_chairpersons
compressions1856406compress___ions
concessions15128106con_cess___ions
condescensions1981586con_de_scensions
confessions16136636con_fess___ions
congenerous1453596cong_e__ner_ous
congestions1449316cong_e_s__tions
congregations17186416congre__gations
congressed1445466congress_e____d
congressing1545606congre_s___sing
congressional1653516congress___ional
congressman1651886congress___man_
congresswoman2171056congress_woman_
congresswomen216926congress_women_
craftspersons2061356c__raftspersons
gentlepersons16101156gentle__persons
housepersons1762076ho___usepersons
ingressions1245496_ingress___ions
interspersions1663876_in_terspersions
newsperson1552506__n__ewsperson_
nonpersons1285506non_____persons
salespersons1461916__sale_spersons
spokespersons2171176_spoke_spersons

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 Filter178691950240.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit95024337.14013308.7
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.59223536.7
 
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