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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 “bacterium” 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.

33 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
bacterium154667(None) 
apterium1249132_apterium
bacteria1248982bacteri_a
bacterial1348362bacterial
bacterias1349282bacterias
bacterin12410272bacteri_n
bacterins13410642bacterins
bacterize2247652bacterize
abacterial1454373abacterial
actinium1297553_actinium
asterism10413253_asterism
atrium8411823_a_t_rium
bacterials1446333bacterials
bacteriuria1551963bacteriuria
bacterized2446283bacterized
bacterizes2347963bacterizes
bacteroid1456253bacteroid
bacteroids1545203bacteroids
bantering122414233bantering
barium10313513ba___rium
bartering122313643bartering
batterie10711533batteri_e
batteries11615113batteries
battering122715143battering
bothrium1585013b_othrium
cerium10313763__c_erium
criterium1346393criterium
deuterium1245123deuterium
elaterium1146353elaterium
natrium948983na_t_rium
pastorium1347693pastorium
psalterium1452833psalterium
sacrarium1344473sacrarium

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641337.17320722.3
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.60923484.2
 
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