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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 “professional” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

61 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
professional175496(None) 
processional1665391processional
professionals1864041professionals
precessional1655122precessional
processionals1754142processionals
profession1546592profession__
professionally2263182professionally
professions1646632profession_s
progressional1663962progressional
unprofessional1962592unprofessional
confessional17175463confessional
nonprofessional2072133nonprofessional
possessional1463643possessional
preprofessional2282033preprofessional
procession1448413procession__
processionally2163133processionally
processioned1753973processioned
processions1548153procession_s
professing16106623professi_n_g
professionalism22112713professionalism
professionalize2972183professionalize
professorial1753663professorial
projectional2355423projectional
provisional1655463pro_visional
recessional1354983_recessional
subprofessional2271593subprofessional
unprofessionals2072013unprofessionals
accessional15103604_accessional
concessional16195394concessional
confessionals18154174confessionals
digressional1453174digressional
erosional946624ero___sional
expressional2164214expressional
fissional1245124___fissional
obsessional1353344_obsessional
passional1146044p___assional
precession1448824precession__
precessions1548554precession_s
presignal12105554pr__e_signal
previsional1655324pr_evisional
probational1547084pro_bational
processing15108184processi_n_g
processioning1853744processioning
productional1794714productional
professor1445034profess_o__r
professorate1762954profess_orate
professoriat1764004professoriat
professors1555254profess_o_rs
profusion1445704prof_usion__
profusions1545254prof_usion_s
progestational1762754progestational
progression1455884progression__
progressions1555554progression_s
promotional1555634pro_motional
proportional1655814proportional
propositional1755244propositional
provisionals1753764pro_visionals
recessionals1453614_recessionals
reversional1454034_reversional
sessional946114___sessional
successional1672744successional

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790616.70318617.0
3Display Results61610.0461326.1
 (SQL Overall)178691617.13925030.3
 
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