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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 “bacteroid” 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.

33 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
bacteroid145627(None) 
bacteroids1545221bacteroids
asteroid9511212_asteroid
bacteria1249002bacter_ia
bacterin12410282bacter_in
acaroid103512313_ac_aroid
actinoid1148023_actinoid
amberoid1346433_amberoid
aneroid8314013_a_neroid
asteroids1048753_asteroids
bacteremia16102303bacteremia
bacteremic1872133bacteremic
bacterial1348373bacterial
bacterias1349303bacterias
bactericide1852583bactericide
bacterins13410653bacterins
bacteriocin1762663bacteriocin
bacterium1546683bacterium
bacterize2247673bacterize
bacterized2446313bacterized
bantered113313653banter_ed
bartered113113033barter_ed
battered113315073batter_ed
batterie10711543batter_ie
cactoid12311033cact__oid
catenoid1149113ca_tenoid
ctenoid1078683__ctenoid
factoid1338693fact__oid
hysteroid1645903hysteroid
lacertid1146393lac_ertid
racemoid1344813rac_emoid
scleroid1147213_scleroid
steroid81314873__steroid

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641338.25318010.5
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691338.70620525.0
 
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