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Find terms that are similar to the Find text. Select this checkbox, and then click the Similarities button to define the similarity options.
For example, a similarity search can find words that differ from the Find text by two characters.
Similarities
Set the options for the similarity search.
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Define the criteria for determining if a word is similar to the search term.
Exchange characters
Enter the number of characters in the search term that can be exchanged. For example, if you specify 2 exchanged characters, "sweep" and "creep" are considered similar.
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Enter the maximum number of characters by which a word can exceed the number of characters in the search term.
Remove characters
Enter the number of characters by which a word can be shorter than the search term.
Combine
Searches for a term that matches any combination of the similarity search settings.