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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 “bacterials” 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.

30 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
bacterials144633(None) 
bacterial1348361bacterial_
bacterias1349281bacteria_s
abacterial1454382abacterial_
arterials949692_arterials
bacteria1248992bacteria__
bacterially18114962bacterially
bacterins13410642bacteri_ns
bacterizes2347972bacterizes
factorials1544702factorials
materials11510802ma_terials
aerials74017553_a__erials
arterial8313633_arterial_
asterias8317013_asteria_s
bacteremias1772183bacteremia_s
bacterin12410273bacteri__n
bacterium1546673bacteri_um
bacterize2247663bacteri_ze
bacterized2446293bacterized
bacteroids1545203bacteroids
batteries11615113batteri_es
factorial1447033factorial_
hatterias1258743hatteria_s
lacteals1095663lacte__als
laterals8312753la_ter_als
material10314103ma_terial_
materiels1147833ma_teriels
pictorials1445493pictorials
santerias9311843santeria_s
sectorials1286523sectorials

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603306.36022107.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.77926359.5
 
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