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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 “bacterials” 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.

30 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
bacterials144634(None) 
bacterial1348371bacterial_
bacterias1349291bacteria_s
abacterial1454392abacterial_
arterials949722_arterials
bacteria1249002bacteria__
bacterially18114972bacterially
bacterins13410652bacteri_ns
bacterizes2347982bacterizes
factorials1544712factorials
materials11510812ma_terials
aerials74017553_a__erials
arterial8313653_arterial_
asterias8317033_asteria_s
bacteremias1772193bacteremia_s
bacterin12410283bacteri__n
bacterium1546683bacteri_um
bacterize2247673bacteri_ze
bacterized2446313bacterized
bacteroids1545223bacteroids
batteries11615133batteri_es
factorial1447043factorial_
hatterias1258763hatteria_s
lacteals1095663lacte__als
laterals8312753la_ter_als
material10314113ma_terial_
materiels1147843ma_teriels
pictorials1445493pictorials
santerias9311863santeria_s
sectorials1286523sectorials

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603307.00020086.1
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.46923924.4
 
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