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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 “bactericides” 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.

37 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
bactericides196241(None) 
bactericide1852581bactericide_
bactericidal1981772bactericidal
acaricides1543943_ac_aricides
arteritides1254703_arteritides
bacteriocins1862493bacterioci_ns
bacterizes2347983bacter__izes
bacteroids1545223bacter_oid_s
matricides1545983ma_t_ricides
patricides1546283pa_t_ricides
acaricide1444414_ac_aricide_
actinides12188324_act__inides
alterities10411064_alteriti_es
arthritides1553674_arthritides
bacteremias1772194bacteremi_as
bacterials1446354bacter__ials
bacterias1349304bacter__i_as
bactericidally246924bactericidally
bacterins13410654bacter__i_ns
bacteriocin1762664bacterioci__n
bacteriolyses2061834bacteriolyses
bacteriurias1661924bacteriurias
bacterize2247674bacter__ize_
bacterized2446314bacter__ized
bacterizing2546114bacterizi_ng
bacteroid1456274bacter_oid__
barricades1564204ba__rricades
batteries11615134batter__i_es
enteritides1245854_enteritides
fratricides1752584frat_ricides
gastritides1353104gast_ritides
matricide1446284ma_t_ricide_
parricides1545564pa__rricides
patricide1446614pa_t_ricide_
raticides1248694ra_t__icides
vaticides1546604va_t__icides
watersides1445544wa_ter_sides

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790377.86015876.6
3Display Results37370.0301233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691378.28021581.0
 
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