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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 “bacterize” 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.

44 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
bacterize224765(None) 
bacterized2446281bacterized
bacterizes2347961bacterizes
bacteria1248982bacteri_a
bacterial1348362bacterial
bacterias1349282bacterias
bacterin12410272bacteri_n
bacterins13410642bacterins
bacterium1546672bacterium
batterie10711532batteri_e
cauterize2088312cauterize
factorize2366892factorize
laterize17613292la_terize
abacterial1454373abacterial
activize2246613_activize
bacterials1446333bacterials
bactericide1852573bactericide
bacterizing2546103bacterizing
bacteroid1456253bacteroid
bacteroids1545203bacteroids
bantering122414233bantering
baptize2036983bapt__ize
barbarize2246243barbarize
bartering122313643bartering
bastardize2263093bastardize
batteries11615113batteries
battering122715143battering
cartelize2048103cartelize
cauterized2286313cauterized
cauterizes2197993cauterizes
factorized2595553factorized
factorizes2486693factorizes
laterite8716333la_terite
laterized1979903la_terized
laterizes18513013la_terizes
maderize2049073ma_derize
martyrize2344523martyrize
pasteurize2143653pasteurize
pauperize2244763pauperize
picturize2244463picturize
racemize2145313rac_emize
satirize1749703sa_tirize
wasterie111211583wasteri_e
winterize2146923winterize

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641446.86021667.8
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691447.29624491.6
 
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