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Variant spelling2 Wildcards Wildcards help you to find variant spellings of words Commonly used wildcards are * and ?  ? substitutes 0 or 1 character  * substitutes any number of characters You can use a wildcard within a word (masking) or at the end (truncating):  patent* finds: patent, patents, patentable, patented  behavio?r finds: behavior, behaviour  wom?n* finds: woman, women, womanhood Library

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Variant spelling4 child * Use * to substitute one or more characters

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6 behavio*r The use of * within a word

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8 Summary Use wildcards to include variant spellings [?] substitutes 0-1 character, [*] any number of characters within a word: behavio?r = behavior, behaviour at the end of a word: child* = child, children, childhood both: wom?n* = woman, women, womanhood Library