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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 “prescribe” 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.

46 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
prescribe1510667(None) 
prescribed17105371prescribed
prescriber1684881prescriber
prescribes16106281prescribes
proscribe1585621proscribe
describe1346242_describe
prescribers1793152prescribers
prescript1547032prescript
prestrike1547492prestrike
proscribed1783812proscribed
proscriber16103722proscriber
proscribes16125352proscribes
ascribe1147743__ascribe
conscribe1545923conscribe
crescive1545283cresc_ive
described1544953_described
describer1444613_describer
describes1446003_describes
inscribe1245693_inscribe
precipe133012123pre_c_ipe
precise113518173pre_c_ise
preprice1488873pre_price
prescind1338393presc_ind
prescore124812373presc_ore
prescoring1547433prescoring
prescreen1345103prescreen
prescribing1844553prescribing
prescripts1644743prescripts
preserve13108803preser_ve
preservice1744493preservice
preshrink1844773preshrink
preside10715613pres__ide
preslice1258623pres_lice
pressurise1255303pressurise
pressurize2164863pressurize
prestige11310733pres_tige
preterite11613203preterite
proscribers17112533proscribers
redescribe1552863redescribe
rescript1277423_rescript
restrike1239673_restrike
restrive11310923_restrive
scribe104613533___scribe
subscribe1555003subscribe
superscribe1755043superscribe
transcribe1446813transcribe

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 Limit148641467.47019898.4
3Display Results46460.0301533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691467.92322553.5
 
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