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WildSpeller is an English spelling aid for Windows that can help when you know how to spell part of a word. Type the word, using wild cards "*" and "?", into WildSpeller, Asterisk (*) replaces any number of letters, including none; question mark (?) repla
WildSpeller can help when you know how to spell part of a word.
Using WildSpeller Type a word in the text entry box, spelling it with wild cards * and ? if you like. Click the Gobutton (or press the Enter key or Alt+G keys). A list of matching wordswill appear in the list box. The list box will show "Nothing was Found"if your "word" is not found. With or without wild cards, the list boxmay contain one, a few, or many words.
American words in thelist are marked with [US], British words are marked with [UK], andCanadian words are marked with [CA]. Unmarked words are standard in allthree regions.
Scroll the list box to find a particular word. You can also move around in the list box with the Home, End, Page Up and Page Downkeyboard keys, as well as the up and down arrow keys. Type a letter(when the list box has focus) to move the list to the first wordbeginning with that letter.
Wild cards can substitute for letters in the text entry box. The two wild card characters are:
* substitutes for any number of characters, including no character ? substitutes for exactly one character
You can use up to eight * in one search. You can use any number of ? in one search. You can mix * and ? in one search. An example of acceptable wild card use is a*b?c*d, which finds abscessed, abscond and absconded.
Try ??tion to find words that start with any two characters and end with tion. Try *tion to find all words that end in tion.
Here are some example searches. Search for -
pneu*sis - to see a word with 45 letters ??tion - to find six-character words ending in tion *tion - to find all words ending in tion ??? - to find all three-character words ????? - to find all five-character words good* - to find words beginning with good civili?ation - to see different spellings in the US, the UK and Canada a*b?c*d - to find three words * - if you have a few seconds, to see all of WildSpeller's 144,000+ words! The last search, for *, finds all 144,000+ words in less than a second;the long delay is caused by inserting the words into Microsoft's listbox. dejedel - to find two words newmonia - to find the name of the disease tempist - to find what sometimes happens in a teapot
