Firstly, to avoid confusion, % in the way you are using it is not the modulo operator, it is a search wildcard character.
Secondly, I think what you may be trying to do is much harder than you think.
I recall an article about a year back on fuzzy searching. You might want to take a look at that if you can find it. Try a search on "Fuzzy" within articles - a fair number turn up. One of them might help you.
It might also be helpful if you posted some DDL and sample data to show what kind of hits you're wanting to find.
My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?
My advice:
INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.
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