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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 “bacterin” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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96 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
bacterin1241028(None) 
bacteria1249001bacteria
bacterins13410651bacterins
bacterial1348372bacterial
bacterias1349292bacterias
bacterium1546682bacterium
bacterize2247672bacterize
bacteroid1456272bacteroid
bantering122414242bantering
bartering122313652bartering
batterie10711542batterie
battering122715152battering
abacterial1454393abacterial
acetin8314693_ac_etin
actin74922553_act__in
altering91917123_altering
apteria9312923_apteria
asteria7316203_asteria
astern64815813_aster_n
backer144525533backer__
backers153821893backer_s
backspin1845423backspin
bacteremia16102303bacteremia
bacteremic1872133bacteremic
bacterials1446343bacterials
bacteriocin1762663bacteriocin
bacterized2446303bacterized
bacterizes2347983bacterizes
bacterizing2546113bacterizing
bacteroids1545223bacteroids
badgering1436973badgering
baiter84422563baiter__
baiters94619313baiter_s
ballerina1146493ballerina
bannering12208813bannering
banter84825343banter__
bantered113313643bantered
banterer102811783banterer
banters94623123banter_s
barbering14229693barbering
barter85525383barter__
bartered113113023bartered
barterer102711643barterer
barters94223043barter_s
baster85333603baster__
basters94930313baster_s
batten85217123batte__n
battening12268863battening
batter84928883batter__
battered113315063battered
batterer102713223batterer
batteries11615133batteries
batters94626023batter_s
battery124911823batter_y
baudekin1542703baudekin
berberin1246573berberin
bettering122212763bettering
bickering1837673bickering
bittering122512003bittering
bittern94810683bitter_n
blattering13108723blattering
buttering122312533buttering
butyrin1245813b_utyrin
cantering122417383cantering
cateran9313773ca_teran
catering112019913ca_tering
dackering1737393dackering
eastern74412533easter_n
elaterin849903elaterin
factoring1537543factoring
faltering132211123faltering
gartering112111593gartering
gastrin839833gast_rin
haltering132212013haltering
hatteria1137883hatteria
icteric1138033_icteric
kaiserin1245023kaiserin
lackering1639383lackering
lactean956483lacte_an
lantern7310013lanter_n
lectern937033lecter_n
mastering122315313mastering
mattering122314063mattering
nattering102212223nattering
paltering122612903paltering
pastern94415063paster_n
pattering122314433pattering
pattern93712053patter_n
pterin81014153__pterin
saltern74010653salter_n
santeria8311673santeria
tattering102212333tattering
waitering13310723waitering
wasterie111211593wasterie
watering122316323wa_tering
yattering132410453yattering

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162967.39019778.3
3Display Results96960.0462087.0
 (SQL Overall)178691967.87222699.6
 
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