A prefix tree (also known as a trie) is a data structure that helps you organize a word list & quickly find words that start with a specific prefix. For example, you can find all the words in your dictionary that start with the letters “ca”, such as “cat” or “cape”. Look at this picture: This is a prefix tree. You can follow from the root (*) to a marked node (like e and t) to find words. In this
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