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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbacteriostases” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

21 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
bacteriostases1817139(None) 
bacteriostasis18151431bacteriostasis
bacteriostats17161712bacteriosta_ts
bacteriolyses2061833bacterio_lyses
bacteriophages24191643bacteriophages
bacteriostat16112243bacteriosta__t
bacteriostatic2081243bacteriostatic
bacteriologies1952834bacteriologies
bacteriolysis2061814bacterio_lysis
bacteriophage23171714bacteriophage_
bacteriophagies2571354bacteriophagies
backcrosses2172525backcr_os__ses
bacterials1446355bacteri___a_ls
bacterias1349305bacteri___a__s
bactericides1962415bacteri__cides
bacteriocins1862495bacterio__cins
bacteriologists2063255bacteriologists
bacteriophagy26161485bacteriopha_gy
bacteriurias1661925bacteriuria__s
bacterizations2766675bacterizations
bacterizes2347985bacteri____zes

Search took 9 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024218.08011760.4
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691218.45621131.9