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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 “bacterial” 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.

63 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
bacterial134837(None) 
abacterial1454391abacterial
bacteria1249001bacteria_
bacterials1446341bacterials
bacterias1349291bacterias
arterial8313652_arterial
bacterially18114972bacterially
bacterin12410282bacteri_n
bacterins13410652bacterins
bacterium1546682bacterium
bacterize2247672bacterize
factorial1447042factorial
material10314112ma_terial
achenial1348283_achenial
actuarial1144983_actuarial
aerial64625713_a__erial
apteral9311523_apter_al
apteria9312923_apteria_
arterials949723_arterials
asteria7316203_asteria_
asterias8317033_asterias
asternal858323_asternal
atrial65418943_a_t_rial
auctorial11117323auctorial
bacteremia16102303bacteremia_
bacteremias1772193bacteremias
bactericidal1981773bactericidal
bacterized2446313bacterized
bacterizes2347983bacterizes
bacteroid1456273bacteroid
bacteroids1545223bacteroids
bantering122414243bantering
bartering122313653bartering
batterie10711543batteri_e
batteries11615133batteries
battering122715153battering
bracteal1245563bracte__al
cantorial1149813cantorial
criterial1148163criterial
doctorial1246693doctorial
factorials1544713factorials
hatteria1137883hatteria_
hatterias1258763hatterias
icterical1347223_icterical
lacteal966823lacte__al
lateral7313573la_ter_al
materials11510813ma_terials
materiel10311263ma_teriel
maternal1047803ma_ternal
nectarial1147103nectarial
nonbacterial1663863nonbacterial
paternal1038333pa_ternal
pictorial1348403pictorial
raptorial1147433raptorial
rectorial11119893rectorial
sacrarial1146533sacrarial
santeria8311673santeria_
santerias9311863santerias
sartorial948383sartorial
sectorial111110013sectorial
suctorial11117723suctorial
tectorial11119033tectorial
vectorial14147403vectorial

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641636.44023080.9
3Display Results63630.0302100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691636.87625987.6
 
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