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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 “proscriptive” 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.

30 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
proscriptive215287(None) 
prescriptive2153231prescriptive
proscription18124512proscription
proscriptively26121652proscriptively
ascriptive1753833__ascriptive
descriptive1953683_descriptive
inscriptive1853843_inscriptive
prescription18145343prescription
prescriptively26122053prescriptively
procreative1846313pro_creative
proscriptions19114163proscriptions
bromocriptine217744bromocriptine
coscripting1843904_coscripting
positive1349994p_os__i_tive
posteruptive1962224p_osteruptive
preceptive1947764pr_ec_eptive
prescript1547034prescript___
prescriptions19135334prescriptions
prescripts1644744prescript__s
preservative2053954preservative
presumptive2063064pres_umptive
proactive1648364proac___tive
procryptic2153244pro_crypti_c
prohibitive2152824prohibi_tive
proscribe1585624proscr___ibe
proscribing1853904proscri_bing
prospective2055404pros_pective
protractive1855634pro_tractive
resorptive1544764_resor_ptive
restrictive1646364_restrictive

Search took 9 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 Limit124790307.75016101.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.15621909.1
 
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