Some search engines also allow you to use wildcard and truncation symbols to help you find multiple variants of a word:

A truncation symbol replaces the final letters of a word so that you can search for words beginning with the same set of letters. For example, "moral*" would find sources with moral, morality, and morals; "ethic*" would find ethics and ethical.

A wildcard symbol replaces letters in the middle of a word so that you can search for variant spellings. For example, "flavo*r" would find "flavor" and "flavour."

Different search engines use different symbols, including *, !, and ?, so be sure to check before conducting your search. Often the same symbol works for both wildcard and truncation, and some search engines use the terms interchangeably.

 

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