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# Similarity Search

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.

To access this command...

Choose Edit - Find & Replace - Similarity search check box, then click the Similarities button.

On the Table Data bar, click Find icon, then Similarity search check box,
then click the Similarities button (database table view).

On the Form Design bar, click Record Search icon, then Similarity search check box,
then click the Similarities button (form view).

## Similarities

Set the options for the similarity search.

## Settings

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.

### Add characters

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.