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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 “prohibitive” 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.

34 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
prohibitive215282(None) 
prohibiting1953932prohibiting
prohibition1854262prohibition
prohibitively2662002prohibitively
exhibitive2552743_exhibitive
inhibitive1854043_inhibitive
primitive1646393pr__imitive
probative1649173pro__bative
prohibit1547193prohibit___
prohibited1853473prohibit_ed
prohibitions1953833prohibitions
prohibitory2152573prohibitory
prohibits1644933prohibit__s
positive1349994p_o__sitive
predicative1947374predicative
predictive1847424predi_ctive
prepositive1855204prepositive
primitives1745624pr__imitives
privative17188294pr__ivative
proactive1648364pro__active
probities13312654pro__bities
procreative1846314procreative
productive1845514pro_ductive
prohibitiveness2572264prohibitiveness
projective2446814pro_jective
prolixities2046364prolixities
promotive1648034pro__motive
propagative1954504propagative
proscriptive2152874proscriptive
prospective2055404prospective
protective1748424pro_tective
protractive1855634protractive
provocative2154644provocative
proximities2255884proximities

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819349.29616008.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691349.73518355.5
 
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