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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 “prehistoric” 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.

32 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
prehistoric189415(None) 
prehistorian1754602prehistorian
prehistorical2063012prehistorical
prehistories1755342prehistories
prehistory1845322prehistor_y
ahistoric1466243__ahistoric
historic1388943___historic
polyhistoric2262323polyhistoric
prehistorians1873313prehistorians
protohistoric2062793protohistoric
paediatric1553044paediat_ric
pediatric1445264p_ediat_ric
periscopic1854424p_eriscopic
pietistic1346304pietist__ic
pleustonic1452794ple_ustonic
preatomic1546024pre__atomic
prebiologic1884734prebiologic
prebiotic1545414prebi__otic
predictor1447094predictor__
predictors1547264predictor_s
prehistorically2562274prehistorically
prestore104217354pre__stor_e
prestored125111674pre__stored
prestores114716084pre__stores
prestoring13310304pre__storing
previsor13116304previs_or__
previsors14126484previs_or_s
protistic13410984protist__ic
redistrict1355704_redist_rict
resistor847674_resistor__
resistors947994_resistor_s
rhetoric1345654_r_h_etoric

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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819328.53317440.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.96919923.2
 
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