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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 “bacteriologies” 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.

26 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
bacteriologies195283(None) 
bacteriologic2062352bacteriologi_c
bacteriologist1963702bacteriologist
bacteriologists2063252bacteriologists
bacteriological2282873bacteriological
bacteriology2052893bacteriolog__y
bacteriolyses2061833bacteriol_yses
bacteriolysis2061813bacteriolysi_s
bacteriophagies2571353bacteriophagies
soteriologies1453873_soteriologies
acarologies1446064_ac_ar_ologies
aerologies11312024_a__er_ologies
aetiologies1248984_a__etiologies
astrologies1247934_ast_r_ologies
autecologies1554574_aute_cologies
bacteriocins1862494bacteri__ocins
bacteriolytic2261654bacteriolyti_c
bacteriophages24191644bacteriophages
bacteriostases18171394bacteriostases
balneologies1553314balne__ologies
dactylologies2051804dact_ylologies
ecclesiologies19141994ecclesiologies
malariologies1652744ma_lariologies
martyrologies1952334martyr_ologies
pteridologies1762934__pteridologies
stereologies1345914__stereologies

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit65874263.34619687.4
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691263.66948702.9
 
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