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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27076 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvoodwood

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it
93 times in 49 works
Consistency
100% (93 of 93)
Reach if approved
~98 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wood
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
93 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (93 changes in 49 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 93)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of the Corn that nouriſheth us, and the VVine that cheers us, and the VVoodWood that warms us, Hoſea 2.8, 9. I will take away, not your Corn and Wine, but …
    With rule
    … of the Corn that nouriſheth us, and the VVine that cheers us, and the VVoodWood that warms us, Hoſea 2.8, 9. I will take away, not your Corn and Wine, but …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 740 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … description of Italy, makes mention of a Lock very neatly and artificially made of VVoodWood, without any Iron in it.
    With rule
    … description of Italy, makes mention of a Lock very neatly and artificially made of VVoodWood, without any Iron in it.

    Thomas Powell · Human Industry · p. 182 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    18 For he regardeth yron as ſtravv, and braſſe as rotten vvoodwood.
    With rule
    18 For he regardeth yron as ſtravv, and braſſe as rotten vvoodwood.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 800 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Dead vvoodwood, and ſtone are gods of other la…
    With rule
    Dead vvoodwood, and ſtone are gods of other la…

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 240 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … braſſe for things of braſſe, yron for things of yorn, & vvoodwood for things of vvoodwood, & onix ſtones, & ſtones to be ſet, & carbuncle ſtones, & of diuers colours, & all pretious ſtones …
    With rule
    … braſſe for things of braſſe, yron for things of yorn, & vvoodwood for things of vvoodwood, & onix ſtones, & ſtones to be ſet, & carbuncle ſtones, & of diuers colours, & all pretious ſtones …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … aunsvvered, here I am my sonne. And he said, Beholde here is fire and vvoodwood, but vvhere is the Lambe for burnt sacrifice. Abraham aunsvvered, my sonne, God vvill …
    With rule
    … aunsvvered, here I am my sonne. And he said, Beholde here is fire and vvoodwood, but vvhere is the Lambe for burnt sacrifice. Abraham aunsvvered, my sonne, God vvill …

    Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    VVoodWood.
    With rule
    VVoodWood.

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 168 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … on their faces, after that the fire had consumed the burnt-offring, and the vvoodwood, and the stones, and the dust▪ and licked up the vvater that vvas in …
    With rule
    … on their faces, after that the fire had consumed the burnt-offring, and the vvoodwood, and the stones, and the dust▪ and licked up the vvater that vvas in …

    David Calderwood · A Solution of Doctor Resolutus Resolutions for Kneeling · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.