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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 “bacterize” 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.

44 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
bacterize224767(None) 
bacterized2446311bacterized
bacterizes2347981bacterizes
bacteria1249002bacteri_a
bacterial1348372bacterial
bacterias1349292bacterias
bacterin12410282bacteri_n
bacterins13410652bacterins
bacterium1546682bacterium
batterie10711542batteri_e
cauterize2088322cauterize
factorize2366922factorize
laterize17613312la_terize
abacterial1454393abacterial
activize2246613_activize
bacterials1446343bacterials
bactericide1852583bactericide
bacterizing2546113bacterizing
bacteroid1456273bacteroid
bacteroids1545223bacteroids
bantering122414243bantering
baptize2036983bapt__ize
barbarize2246243barbarize
bartering122313653bartering
bastardize2263093bastardize
batteries11615133batteries
battering122715153battering
cartelize2048103cartelize
cauterized2286333cauterized
cauterizes2198003cauterizes
factorized2595583factorized
factorizes2486723factorizes
laterite8716353la_terite
laterized1979933la_terized
laterizes18513033la_terizes
maderize2049073ma_derize
martyrize2344523martyrize
pasteurize2143663pasteurize
pauperize2244763pauperize
picturize2244463picturize
racemize2145313rac_emize
satirize1749703sa_tirize
wasterie111211593wasteri_e
winterize2146923winterize

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 Filter1786911486410.860207780.2
2DLD Change Limit148641447.93618730.0
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691448.81220278.1
 
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