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

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

35 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
unprofessional196259(None) 
unprofessionals2072011unprofessionals
nonprofessional2072132nonprofessional
professional1754962__professional
subprofessional2271592subprofessional
preprofessional2282033preprofessional
processional1665393__processional
professionals1864043__professionals
expressional2164214expr__essional
precessional1655124__precessional
processionals1754144__processionals
profession1546594__profession__
professionally2263184__professionally
professions1646634__profession_s
progressional1663964__progressional
compressional1954265compr__essional
confessional17175465__confessional
congressional1653515congr__essional
digressional1453175digr__essional
intercessional1663645intercessional
nonprofessorial20111195nonprofessorial
possessional1463645__possessional
procession1448415__procession__
processionally2163135__processionally
processioned1753975__processioned
processions1548155__procession_s
professing16106625__professi_n_g
professionalism22112715__professionalism
professionalize2972185__professionalize
professorial1753665__professorial
projectional2355425__projectional
provisional1655465__pro_visional
recessional1354985___recessional
unidimensional1771305unidimensional
unprofessed1752215unprofess___ed

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024356.04615716.8
3Display Results35350.0301166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691356.43627764.3
 
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