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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 “proscription” 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.

48 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
proscription1812451(None) 
prescription18145341prescription
proscriptions19114161proscriptions
prescriptions19135332prescriptions
proscriptive2152872proscriptive
ascription1444993__ascription
conscription1855333conscription
description1645373_description
inscription1544953_inscription
prescriptive2153233prescriptive
procreation1547953pro_creation
prostration13410793prostr_ation
subscription1853123subscription
transcription1764073transcription
ascriptions1544984__ascriptions
conscriptions1955004conscriptions
coscripting1843904_coscripting
descriptions1755404_descriptions
inscriptions1654504_inscriptions
nonprescription2171354nonprescription
position10912194p_os__i_tion
prescript1547034prescript___
prescripts1644744prescript__s
preservation1776284preservation
presumption17154174pres_umption
proaction13410104proac___tion
procreations1647274pro_creations
procryptic2153244pro_crypti_c
procuration1548294pro_curation
prohibition1854264prohibi_tion
propitiation1656914propitiation
proportion1448994propor__tion
proposition1588744proposi_tion
proration11415984pro__r_ation
prosciutto1452074prosc_iutto_
prosciuttos1551774prosc_iuttos
proscribing1853904proscri_bing
proscriptively26121654proscriptively
prosecution1546074pros_ecution
prostitution1454604prostitution
prostrations1449774prostr_ations
protraction1547214pro_traction
redescription1862744redescription
resorption1247254_resor_ption
restriction1349364_restriction
subscriptions1952824subscriptions
superscription2063634superscription
transcriptions1863634transcriptions

Search took 10 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 Limit124790489.37613309.5
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691489.79618241.2
 
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