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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 “bacterins” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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92 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
bacterins1341065(None) 
bacterias1349291bacterias
bacterin12410281bacterin_
bacteria1249002bacteri_a
bacterial1348372bacterial
bacterials1446342bacterials
bacterium1546682bacterium
bacterize2247672bacterize
bacterizes2347982bacterizes
bacteroids1545222bacteroids
bantering122414242bantering
bartering122313652bartering
batteries11615132batteries
battering122715152battering
abacterial1454393abacterial
acetins9313173_ac_etins
actins86321103_act__ins
altering91917123_altering
arteries8321513_arteries
asterias8317033_asterias
backers153821893backer__s
backspins1945703backspins
bacteremias1772193bacteremias
bacteriocins1862493bacteriocins
bacterized2446313bacterized
bacterizing2546113bacterizing
bacteroid1456273bacteroid
badgering1436973badgering
baiters94619313baiter__s
bakeries14312203ba_keries
ballerina1146493ballerina
ballerinas1244603ballerinas
bannering12208813bannering
banterers112410013banterers
banters94623123banter__s
barbering14229693barbering
barterers11269643barterers
barters94223053barter__s
basters94930313baster__s
battening12268863battening
battens95313263batte__ns
batterers113110723batterers
batterie10711543batteri_e
batters94626023batter__s
baudekins1642433baudekins
berberins1346713berberins
bettering122212763bettering
bickering1837673bickering
bittering122512003bittering
bitterns10428953bitter_ns
blattering13108723blattering
booteries11312793booteries
butteries11711773butteries
buttering122312533buttering
butyrins1345423b_utyrins
cantering122417383cantering
caterans10313223ca_terans
catering112019913ca_tering
catteries11815553catteries
cauteries11615403cauteries
dackering1737393dackering
eateries8324323ea_teries
elaterins9410033elaterins
factories14810123factories
factoring1537543factoring
faltering132211123faltering
gartering112111593gartering
gastrins9310133gast_rins
haltering132212013haltering
hatterias1258763hatterias
icterics1247073_icterics
kaiserins1355103kaiserins
lackering1639383lackering
lanterns838303lanter_ns
lecterns1035943lecter_ns
masteries111018513masteries
mastering122315313mastering
mattering122314063mattering
nattering102212223nattering
paltering122612903paltering
pasterns104112623paster_ns
pattering122314433pattering
patterns10439943patter_ns
pterins9812993__pterins
salterns8388903salter_ns
santerias9311863santerias
tattering102212333tattering
waitering13310723waitering
wasteries121115363wasteries
watering122316323wa_tering
waterings13229263wa_terings
yattering132410453yattering

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641927.15620771.5
3Display Results92920.0462000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691927.62523434.9
 
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