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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 “antibacterial” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

41 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
antibacterial176314(None) 
antibacterials1872401antibacterials
abacterial1454373a___bacterial
nonbacterial1663863_nonbacterial
anticlerical1654224anti__clerical
antimalarial1464114antima_larial
antinatural1153734antina_tur_al
bacterial1348364____bacterial
enterobacterial1971554enterobacterial
mycobacterial2461564mycobacterial
antianemia1253735anti_a_nemia_
anticlericals1763135anti__clericals
anticommercial2271845anticommercial
anticultural1465305anticultur_al
antihistorical1972515antihistorical
antihysteric2062365antihysteri_c
antihysterics2162085antihysterics
antiliberal1373635anti_liber_al
antilittering1462155antilittering
antimalaria1354585antima_laria_
antimalarials1563265antima_larials
antimaterialism19123565antima_terialism
antimaterialist17123835antima_terialist
antimatter1245305antimatter___
antimatters1354335antimatter__s
antimicrobial19101805antimicrobial
antinational1297465antina_tional
antirational1278465antira_tional
antisocial1257505antisoc___ial
artifactual1691595artifact__ual
bacteria1248985____bacteria_
bacterials1446335____bacterials
bacterias1349285____bacterias
cyanobacteria2271895cyan_obacteria_
enterobacteria1871795enterobacteria_
multifactorial2191475multifactorial
mycobacteria2371825mycobacteria_
natatorial1065445nat__a_torial
nonmaterial1356395_nonma_terial
tinctorial1254395__ti_nctorial
unilateral1063495un_ila_ter_al

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 Filter1786911247900.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit124790419.50013135.8
3Display Results41410.0301366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691419.67318473.2
 
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