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

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92 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
bacterins1341064(None) 
bacterias1349281bacterias
bacterin12410271bacterin_
bacteria1248992bacteri_a
bacterial1348362bacterial
bacterials1446332bacterials
bacterium1546672bacterium
bacterize2247662bacterize
bacterizes2347972bacterizes
bacteroids1545202bacteroids
bantering122414232bantering
bartering122313642bartering
batteries11615112batteries
battering122715142battering
abacterial1454383abacterial
acetins9313173_ac_etins
actins86321103_act__ins
altering91917113_altering
arteries8321483_arteries
asterias8317013_asterias
backers153821883backer__s
backspins1945703backspins
bacteremias1772183bacteremias
bacteriocins1862483bacteriocins
bacterized2446293bacterized
bacterizing2546103bacterizing
bacteroid1456253bacteroid
badgering1436963badgering
baiters94619303baiter__s
bakeries14312193ba_keries
ballerina1146483ballerina
ballerinas1244593ballerinas
bannering12208803bannering
banterers112410003banterers
banters94623113banter__s
barbering14229683barbering
barterers11269633barterers
barters94223033barter__s
basters94930303baster__s
battening12268853battening
battens95313263batte__ns
batterers113110713batterers
batterie10711533batteri_e
batters94626013batter__s
baudekins1642433baudekins
berberins1346713berberins
bettering122212753bettering
bickering1837663bickering
bittering122511993bittering
bitterns10428953bitter_ns
blattering13108713blattering
booteries11312773booteries
butteries11711763butteries
buttering122312523buttering
butyrins1345423b_utyrins
cantering122417373cantering
caterans10313223ca_terans
catering112019903ca_tering
catteries11815523catteries
cauteries11615393cauteries
dackering1737383dackering
eateries8324313ea_teries
elaterins9410033elaterins
factories14810113factories
factoring1537533factoring
faltering132211113faltering
gartering112111573gartering
gastrins9310123gast_rins
haltering132212003haltering
hatterias1258743hatterias
icterics1247053_icterics
kaiserins1355103kaiserins
lackering1639373lackering
lanterns838303lanter_ns
lecterns1035943lecter_ns
masteries111018493masteries
mastering122315303mastering
mattering122314053mattering
nattering102212213nattering
paltering122612893paltering
pasterns104112623paster_ns
pattering122314423pattering
patterns10439943patter_ns
pterins9812993__pterins
salterns8388903salter_ns
santerias9311843santerias
tattering102212323tattering
waitering13310713waitering
wasteries121115343wasteries
watering122316313wa_tering
waterings13229253wa_terings
yattering132410443yattering

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 Filter1786911486410.546327272.9
2DLD Change Limit148641927.37320160.2
3Display Results92920.0332787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691927.95222471.2
 
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