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fuzzy search

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
fuzzy search
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of search algorithm that includes results similar to the query (but not necessarily exactly matching), such as words with similar spelling, root form, pronunciation, or meaning, or results that contain the search term as a subsequence.

Inflected Forms

fuzzy searches (plural)

Questions

What does fuzzy search mean?
A type of search algorithm that includes results similar to the query (but not necessarily exactly matching), such as words with similar spelling, root form, pronunciation, or meaning, or results that contain the search term as a subsequence.

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