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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
bacteroid145625(None) 
bacteroids1545201bacteroids
asteroid9511192_asteroid
bacteria1248982bacter_ia
bacterin12410272bacter_in
acaroid103512313_ac_aroid
actinoid1148013_actinoid
amberoid1346433_amberoid
aneroid8314003_a_neroid
asteroids1048743_asteroids
bacteremia16102283bacteremia
bacteremic1872123bacteremic
bacterial1348363bacterial
bacterias1349283bacterias
bactericide1852573bactericide
bacterins13410643bacterins
bacteriocin1762653bacteriocin
bacterium1546673bacterium
bacterize2247653bacterize
bacterized2446283bacterized
bantered113313633banter_ed
bartered113113013barter_ed
battered113315053batter_ed
batterie10711533batter_ie
cactoid12311033cact__oid
catenoid1149113ca_tenoid
ctenoid1078683__ctenoid
factoid1338693fact__oid
hysteroid1645893hysteroid
lacertid1146383lac_ertid
racemoid1344813rac_emoid
scleroid1147213_scleroid
steroid81314863__steroid

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641337.46619909.1
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.90522604.8
 
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