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# FuzzyStrings Object (IFuzzyStrings Interface)

This object represents a collection of [FuzzyString](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/fuzzystring) objects. It is a supplementary interface for [external dictionaries](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/working-with-dictionaries#external).

* The indexing of ABBYY FineReader Engine collections starts with 0.
* The foreach statement in C# (for each in Visual Basic .NET) can be used to manipulate the collection.

## Properties

| Name                                                                                                                  | Type                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Description                                            |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Application                                                                                                           | [Engine](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/engine-object-iengine-interface), [read-only](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties#readonly_properties) | Returns the Engine object.                             |
| Count                                                                                                                 | [int](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties), read-only                                                                                             | Stores the number of elements in the collection.       |
| [Element](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellwordcollection/element-property) | [FuzzyString](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/fuzzystring), read-only                                                                                                              | Provides access to a single element of the collection. |

## Methods

| Name                                                                                                          | Description                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Item](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellwordcollection/item-method) | Provides access to a single element of the collection. |

## Input parameter

This collection is the input parameter of the [CheckWords](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/iexternaldictionary-interface/checkwords-method) method of the [IExternalDictionary](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/iexternaldictionary-interface) interface.

## See also

[IExternalDictionary](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/iexternaldictionary-interface)

[Working with Dictionaries](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/working-with-dictionaries)

[Working with Collections](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-collections)

[Working with Properties](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties)