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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
material1031410(None) 
materials11510791materials
materiel10311251materiel
maternal1047801maternal
aerial64625712_a_erial
arterial8313632arterial
atrial65418942_at_rial
bacterial1348362bacterial
immaterial1454142immaterial
lateral7313572later_al
malarial10410612malarial
manorial10311082manorial
manurial1047792manurial
materially1548002materially
materiels1147832materiels
paternal1038332paternal
abacterial1454373abacterial
aecial84817313_a_ecial
aerials74017553_a_erials
apteral9311523apter_al
apteria9312913apteria_
arterials949693arterials
asteria7316183asteria_
asterias8317013asterias
asternal858323asternal
atria56022343_at_ria_
bacteria1248983bacteria_
bacterials1446333bacterials
bacterias1349283bacterias
biomaterial1553163biomaterial
cameral11311283camer_al
cantorial1149813cantorial
cateran9313773cater_an
catering112019903catering
caterwaul1442943caterwaul
criterial1148153criterial
eateries8324313eateries
enteral73516443enter_al
eternal72910893_eternal
external1577223external
factorial1447023factorial
ferial94621253__ferial
fraternal1243873fraternal
hatteria1137863hatteria_
hatterias1258743hatterias
iatrical1049273iat_rical
icterical1347213icterical
imperial1249023imperial
internal8414083internal
interval11710463interval
laterad8310843later_ad
laterals8312753later_als
laterite8716333laterite
laterize17613293laterize
latria62313593lat_ria_
latrias71913213lat_rias
literal7613273liter_al
madeira1045103madeira_
madeiras1144773madeiras
maderize2049073maderize
madrigal121627253ma_drigal
magisterial1452743magisterial
malaria9313693malaria_
malarian10311563malarian
malarias10313773malarias
managerial1354253managerial
mandril1049353mandri_l
mandrill1146613mandrill
manubrial1342943manubrial
maria75032883ma__ria_
marital92314183ma__rital
martial92415413ma_rtial
masterful1443653masterful
masteries111018493masteries
mastering122315303mastering
mater74438863mater___
materialise1347833materialise
materialism1548263materialism
materialist1349513materialist
materiality1656073materiality
materialize2247883materialize
maternally1545763maternally
maternity1444983maternity
maters85032393mater__s
matinal9312603mat_inal
matrix1539843mat_ri_x
matronal1048113matronal
matterful1443193matterful
mattering122314053mattering
maturing1139953maturing
maturity1367433maturity
matutinal1143183matutinal
maverick1944033maverick
mayoral1237693mayor_al
medial93819863m__edial
memorial1249523memorial
menial84223033m__enial
mesial84818083m__esial
metering112915633metering
metrical12311593met_rical
mineral9312733miner_al
mistrial10311383mistrial
mitering113015403mitering
mitral81314323mit_r_al
mycelial1543433mycelial
narial6317953na__rial
natural739513natur_al
nonmaterial1356393nonmaterial
notarial8410753notarial
patagial1157173patagial
pretrial10511983pretrial
raptorial1147433raptorial
rasorial848223rasorial
retrial7615553ret_rial
santeria8311653santeria_
santerias9311843santerias
sartorial948383sartorial
satirical1146883satirical
satyrical1445033satyrical
serial64625863__serial
sterical10311253_sterical
sternal73411913_sternal
telial65815363__telial
tergal72912833__tergal
tertial7313863__tertial
trial54926353__t_rial
tutorial847833tutorial
valerian1147123valerian
waterfall1544583waterfall
waterier11312083waterier
waterily1438783waterily
watering122316313watering
waterish14310533waterish
waterman1397283waterman
waterway1745563waterway

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 Limit1461621356.93621073.0
3Display Results1351350.0632142.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911357.42224075.9
 
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