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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 “protohistory” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
protohistory206259(None) 
protohistoric2062792protohistoric
prehistory1845323pr__ehistory
protohistorian1972703protohistorian
protohistories1962833protohistories
ethnohistory21101564ethnohistory
polyhistor1852664p_olyhistor_
polyhistors1952754p_olyhistors
premonitory1853494premoni_tory
prohibitory2152574pr__ohibitory
promissory1752774pr__omissory
promontory1754484promo__ntory
propitiatory1963384propitiatory
protectory17157484prot__ectory
protestor11178494prot__estor_
protestors12169314prot__estors
prothonotary2061774prothonotary
protohistorians2072144protohistorians
protonotary1653144proto_notary
protostar1146694proto__star_
protostars1246864proto__stars
protostome1456144proto__stome
provisory1744354pr__ovis_ory
psychohistory2972284psychohistory

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790247.83015937.4
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691248.25221654.3
 
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