Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11753 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wherforewherefor

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 2,126 times in 585 works
Consistency: 26.4% (2,126 of 8,049)
Reach if approved: ~8,460 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: wherefore
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 8,052 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: wherefore (5,917)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,126 changes in 585 works, 26.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,126)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… no worde of ſcripture, and therefore we neede not beleue you excepte we luſt.) wherforewherefor thynke you, woulde Chriſte rather hide him ſelfe in bread, then ſhewe hym ſelfe …
With rule
… no worde of ſcripture, and therefore we neede not beleue you excepte we luſt.) wherforewherefor thynke you, woulde Chriſte rather hide him ſelfe in bread, then ſhewe hym ſelfe …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxlv · Open in the reader
Printed
… godly. More ignorant was at y^e time then afore, more supersticion, hipocrisie, and falshod, wherforewherefor the third parte of them all was darkned.
With rule
… godly. More ignorant was at y^e time then afore, more supersticion, hipocrisie, and falshod, wherforewherefor the third parte of them all was darkned.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… oxe and the asse desire their food, neither propose they vnto themselues any end wherforewherefor; so that of them this is desired for it selfe; but why? By reason …
With rule
… oxe and the asse desire their food, neither propose they vnto themselues any end wherforewherefor; so that of them this is desired for it selfe; but why? By reason …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… libertie, then had the Prieſtes his enimies frō the beginning loſt al their labor: wherforewherefor Mathewe reporteth that they counſelled the people to quite Barrabas, and to aſke Chriſt …
With rule
… libertie, then had the Prieſtes his enimies frō the beginning loſt al their labor: wherforewherefor Mathewe reporteth that they counſelled the people to quite Barrabas, and to aſke Chriſt …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader
Printed
… king were an odiouse thyng. I cōmming ridinge in my way, & callīg to remēbrance wherforewherefor I was sēt, that I must preach &, preach afore the kings maiesti I thought …
With rule
… king were an odiouse thyng. I cōmming ridinge in my way, & callīg to remēbrance wherforewherefor I was sēt, that I must preach &, preach afore the kings maiesti I thought …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus we ſee the third reaſon proved, wherforewherefor the Apoſtle deſcribes the power of God after this manner, that by neceſſary evidences …
With rule
Thus we ſee the third reaſon proved, wherforewherefor the Apoſtle deſcribes the power of God after this manner, that by neceſſary evidences …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sacrifices to the dead, yet is the same also contayned in the former translations: wherforewherefor here is no wilful corruption, or false translation proued, but the translation is more …
With rule
… sacrifices to the dead, yet is the same also contayned in the former translations: wherforewherefor here is no wilful corruption, or false translation proued, but the translation is more …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… found, to haue grounde and cōfirmation in y^e scriptures, in y^e law, & the prophets: wherforewherefor the apostles preaching y^e Gospel, preached none other word of god, but that which …
With rule
… found, to haue grounde and cōfirmation in y^e scriptures, in y^e law, & the prophets: wherforewherefor the apostles preaching y^e Gospel, preached none other word of god, but that which …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Pomander of Prayer A07044

Printed
WHerforeWherefor with my lips & hart, and with all the might that I may, I rendre …
With rule
WHerforeWherefor with my lips & hart, and with all the might that I may, I rendre …
Thomas Becon · The Pomander of Prayer · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

Printed
WHerforeWherefor O man thou art inexcuſable, whoſoeuer thou arte that iudgeſt, for in that that …
With rule
WHerforeWherefor O man thou art inexcuſable, whoſoeuer thou arte that iudgeſt, for in that that …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · p. 35 · Open in the reader

A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel A14463

Printed
WHerforeWherefor they are greatly to be blamed, and chiefly women, whiche take in hande to …
With rule
WHerforeWherefor they are greatly to be blamed, and chiefly women, whiche take in hande to …
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 37 · Open in the reader

A Confutation of Standishs Treatise A19466

Printed
WHerforeWherefor I truſt in no good worke that euer I dyd / but onely in the …
With rule
WHerforeWherefor I truſt in no good worke that euer I dyd / but onely in the …
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 A65748

Printed
Obſerve 14 WHerforeWherefor he is ſaid to have an hand in many of the attempts of wicked …
With rule
Obſerve 14 WHerforeWherefor he is ſaid to have an hand in many of the attempts of wicked …
John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 185 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
WHerforeWherefor the Apoſtles folowyng and obeyng the rule doctrine & commaundement of our Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt …
With rule
WHerforeWherefor the Apoſtles folowyng and obeyng the rule doctrine & commaundement of our Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 345 · Open in the reader