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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 “professing” 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.

51 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
professing1610662(None) 
processing15108181processing
precessing1598742precessing
pressing112516442pr__essing
profession1546592profession
professions1646632professions
progressing1545772progressing
protesting131910252protesting
confessing1647183confessing
coprocessing1953573coprocessing
crossing112612683cro__ssing
dressing102810423dr__essing
fessing113812863___fessing
grossing103111063gro__ssing
possessing1344673possessing
preblessing1643733preblessing
preferring1645623preferring
pressings12269023pr__essings
pretesting131810683pretesting
priesting1239483pr_iesting
prissing113011453pr__issing
proceeding1644673proceeding
procession1448413procession
processions1548153processions
profaning1537293prof_aning
profess1237713profess___
professed1545243profess_ed
professes1437873profess_es
professional1754963professional
professor1445033profess_or
professors1555253professors
proffering1943773proffering
profiling1548233prof_iling
profiting1549983prof_iting
progestin1248423progestin_
progestins1348663progestins
prognosing1444423prognosing
projecting22177243projecting
prolapsing1543873prolapsing
promising14410973pro_mising
propelling1556933propelling
propending1646143propending
prophesying2253063prophesying
proposing1439673pro_posing
prosecting15189813prosecting
prosing103319383pro___sing
protecting151910213protecting
protending1446813protending
proverbing1843783proverbing
recessing12611013_recessing
reprocessing1754693reprocessing

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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603516.87620448.4
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691517.04525364.2
 
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