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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 “prebiotic” 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.

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
prebiotic154541(None) 
probiotic1546661probiotic
parabiotic1645082parabiotic
periotic12313442p_eriotic
premeiotic1653132premeiotic
probiotics1644042probiotics
abiotic11510463__abiotic
anabiotic1345553anabiotic
biotic103816613___biotic
creosotic1344523creosotic
eremitic1248553eremi_tic
meiotic11410933_me_iotic
patriotic13107583patriotic
pelitic111814653p_eli_tic
peridotic1446483peridotic
periodic1348433p_eriodic
perlitic12310583perli_tic
phlebitic1843683phlebi_tic
pietistic1346303pietistic
preatomic1546033preatomic
prebiologic1884733prebiologic
prebirth1543463prebirt_h
prebirths1642153prebirths
preboil1148953preb_o_il
prelatic12311293pre_latic
premycotic2151973premycotic
preriot9316413preriot__
presbyopic2151773presbyopic
protistic13410983protistic
pruritic1267403pruri_tic
pyelitic1547593pyeli_tic
rabietic1245503_rabietic
robotic1139223_rob_otic
semiotic12710633_semiotic
symbiotic1843803symbiotic

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641357.46619909.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.90522604.8
 
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