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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 “proscribes” 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.

27 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
proscribes1612535(None) 
prescribes16106281prescribes
proscribe1585621proscribe_
proscribed1783811proscribed
proscriber16103721proscriber
proscribers17112531proscribers
prescribe15106672prescribe_
prescribed17105372prescribed
prescriber1684882prescriber
prescribers1793152prescribers
ascribes1246193__ascribes
conscribes1645193conscribes
describes1446003_describes
inscribes1345203_inscribes
prescripts1644743prescripts
procaines13311523pro_caines
proclises1339543pro_clises
proscribing1853903proscribing
prosodies1249733prosodi_es
prossies101515223pros_si_es
prosties101421193pros_ti_es
prostrates12411993prostrates
rosaries8312783_rosari_es
roseries8317313_roseri_es
scribes113713203___scribes
subscribes1644873subscribes
transcribes1556173transcribes

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603276.59321326.1
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691277.01325480.0
 
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