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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 “bacillus” 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.

55 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
bacillus124515(None) 
bacillar1276532bacillar
bacilli1146392bacill_i
barillas10310192barillas
lapillus1043932lapillus
acinous9310933_acinous
acinus8311253_aci_nus
aculeus937513_aculeus
ancillas1048043ancillas
axillas14278963_axillas
bacalaos1245863bacalaos
bacchius1744713bacchius
bacillary1673963bacillary
backfills20104653backfill_s
backless162910633backless
backlogs1746633backlogs
baculum1345703bac_ulum
baculums1443723baculums
bailees93914383ba_ilees
bailers94221353ba_ilers
baileys12388933ba_ileys
bailies94120203ba_ilies
bailors93212413ba_ilors
bailout9414133ba_ilout
bailouts1036613ba_ilouts
bails75933523ba_i_l_s
balls76236413ba__ll_s
barilla9310323barill_a
basils85717473basi_l_s
bastilles1147353bastilles
bills75632863b__ill_s
braciolas1345073braciolas
bracioles1346493bracioles
brailles1039493brailles
brillos9369183b_rillos
brills84916293b_rill_s
callus85317073__callus
dactylus1442473dactylus
facials123310743facial_s
failles102914133fa_illes
gallus74313203ga__llus
latillas847363latillas
maills84215283ma_ill_s
manillas102611163manillas
manilles102312603manilles
maxillas17227703maxillas
nacelles1048393nacelles
nucellus1054003nucellus
ocellus935983_ocellus
railbus934413ra_ilbus
sacculus1244813sacculus
scillas9310473_scillas
tailles72516473ta_illes
vanillas11228123vanillas
villus93611223__villus

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162556.96620982.2
3Display Results55550.0331666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691557.42224075.9
 
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