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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 “prescience” 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.

36 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
prescience1615729(None) 
presciences17127271presciences
nescience1356372_nescience
prescient13411322prescien_t
presence122213512pres__ence
bioscience1652823bioscience
conscience1347053conscience
geoscience1552653geoscience
nesciences1446253_nesciences
nonscience1456233nonscience
pestilence1454543p_estilence
precedence1746113precedence
precieuse1344613pre_cieuse
precinct1459423pre_ci_nct
precipice1745953pre_cipice
preeminence1763803preeminence
preference1776983preference
presciently1854643presciently
prescind1338393presci_n_d
prescinded1644343presci_nded
prescinds1444953presci_nds
presences132113793pres__ences
presentence1546393presentence
presidency1844653presidency
preslice1258623presli__ce
pretence122312123pre__tence
prevalence1745483prevalence
prurience1344763pr_urience
pubescence1854763pubesc_ence
putrescence17114273putresc_ence
residence1268913_residence
resilience1265623_resilience
reticence1347633_reticence
science1138793___science
subscience1664543subscience
virescence17134863viresc_ence

Search took 7 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 Limit140603366.03623294.1
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.47227609.9
 
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