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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 “material” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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135 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
material1031411(None) 
materials11510811materials
materiel10311261materiel
maternal1047801maternal
aerial64625712_a_erial
arterial8313652arterial
atrial65418942_at_rial
bacterial1348372bacterial
immaterial1454142immaterial
lateral7313572later_al
malarial10410612malarial
manorial10311082manorial
manurial1047792manurial
materially1548012materially
materiels1147842materiels
paternal1038332paternal
abacterial1454393abacterial
aecial84817313_a_ecial
aerials74017553_a_erials
apteral9311523apter_al
apteria9312923apteria_
arterials949723arterials
asteria7316203asteria_
asterias8317033asterias
asternal858323asternal
atria56022353_at_ria_
bacteria1249003bacteria_
bacterials1446343bacterials
bacterias1349293bacterias
biomaterial1553163biomaterial
cameral11311283camer_al
cantorial1149813cantorial
cateran9313773cater_an
catering112019913catering
caterwaul1442943caterwaul
criterial1148163criterial
eateries8324323eateries
enteral73516453enter_al
eternal72910893_eternal
external1577223external
factorial1447043factorial
ferial94621253__ferial
fraternal1243873fraternal
hatteria1137883hatteria_
hatterias1258763hatterias
iatrical1049273iat_rical
icterical1347223icterical
imperial1249023imperial
internal8414093internal
interval11710473interval
laterad8310853later_ad
laterals8312753later_als
laterite8716353laterite
laterize17613313laterize
latria62313613lat_ria_
latrias71913213lat_rias
literal7613273liter_al
madeira1045113madeira_
madeiras1144773madeiras
maderize2049073maderize
madrigal121627253ma_drigal
magisterial1452743magisterial
malaria9313703malaria_
malarian10311563malarian
malarias10313773malarias
managerial1354253managerial
mandril1049353mandri_l
mandrill1146613mandrill
manubrial1342943manubrial
maria75032883ma__ria_
marital92314183ma__rital
martial92415413ma_rtial
masterful1443663masterful
masteries111018513masteries
mastering122315313mastering
mater74438863mater___
materialise1347843materialise
materialism1548273materialism
materialist1349523materialist
materiality1656083materiality
materialize2247893materialize
maternally1545763maternally
maternity1444983maternity
maters85032393mater__s
matinal9312603mat_inal
matrix1539853mat_ri_x
matronal1048113matronal
matterful1443203matterful
mattering122314063mattering
maturing1139963maturing
maturity1367443maturity
matutinal1143183matutinal
maverick1944033maverick
mayoral1237693mayor_al
medial93819863m__edial
memorial1249523memorial
menial84223033m__enial
mesial84818083m__esial
metering112915633metering
metrical12311593met_rical
mineral9312743miner_al
mistrial10311383mistrial
mitering113015403mitering
mitral81314323mit_r_al
mycelial1543433mycelial
narial6317953na__rial
natural739513natur_al
nonmaterial1356393nonmaterial
notarial8410753notarial
patagial1157173patagial
pretrial10511983pretrial
raptorial1147433raptorial
rasorial848223rasorial
retrial7615553ret_rial
santeria8311673santeria_
santerias9311863santerias
sartorial948383sartorial
satirical1146883satirical
satyrical1445033satyrical
serial64625863__serial
sterical10311253_sterical
sternal73411913_sternal
telial65815363__telial
tergal72912833__tergal
tertial7313863__tertial
trial54926353__t_rial
tutorial847833tutorial
valerian1147123valerian
waterfall1544583waterfall
waterier11312093waterier
waterily1438793waterily
watering122316323watering
waterish14310543waterish
waterman1397283waterman
waterway1745563waterway

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit1461621359.32615672.5
3Display Results1351350.0632142.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911359.81218211.5
 
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