Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27124 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvretchedwretched

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

Puritas changed it: 52 times in 40 works
Consistency: 100% (52 of 52)
Reach if approved: ~55 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wretched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 52 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (52 changes in 40 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 52)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… here exhorted to. O if vve knevv the many miſeries and ſorrovves vvhich attendeth vvretchedwretched and miſerable ſinners, and ſinnefull courſes here and hereafter, it vvould be our firſt …
With rule
… here exhorted to. O if vve knevv the many miſeries and ſorrovves vvhich attendeth vvretchedwretched and miſerable ſinners, and ſinnefull courſes here and hereafter, it vvould be our firſt …
Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 478 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be heard when he openeth his holy mouth to teach vs. VVhat are wee? VVretchedWretched wormes of the earth, and rottenneſſe: and yet notwithſtanding our Lorde maketh his voyce …
With rule
… be heard when he openeth his holy mouth to teach vs. VVhat are wee? VVretchedWretched wormes of the earth, and rottenneſſe: and yet notwithſtanding our Lorde maketh his voyce …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
It is alſo manifeſt hovv the Lord in his judgement did perſue that vvretchedwretched man his ſucceſſour Bishop Spotſwood vvho in a more ſubtile vvay did endeavour the …
With rule
It is alſo manifeſt hovv the Lord in his judgement did perſue that vvretchedwretched man his ſucceſſour Bishop Spotſwood vvho in a more ſubtile vvay did endeavour the …
Robert Flemming · The Fulfilling of the Scripture · p. 235 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is one of the greatest burthens that can be felt; see that, Rom. 7.24. Oh vvretchedwretched man that I am, vvho shall deliver me from the body of this Death …
With rule
… is one of the greatest burthens that can be felt; see that, Rom. 7.24. Oh vvretchedwretched man that I am, vvho shall deliver me from the body of this Death …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ground vvhy others ſhould think vvell of us, and ye… vve may be moſt vvretchedwretched, and abominable, and loathſome in the eyes of God at that preſent vvhen other …
With rule
… ground vvhy others ſhould think vvell of us, and ye… vve may be moſt vvretchedwretched, and abominable, and loathſome in the eyes of God at that preſent vvhen other …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Four Books on Matthew 11 · p. 415 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doe not vvithſtanding neglect it. If vve did but ſee our miſerie, and our vvretchedwretched eſtate in ſinne, vnder Gods vvrath, then vve vvould make great account of that …
With rule
… doe not vvithſtanding neglect it. If vve did but ſee our miſerie, and our vvretchedwretched eſtate in ſinne, vnder Gods vvrath, then vve vvould make great account of that …
John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bank-rupt debters) looke with any eye of particular search, into their poore and vvretchedwretched life, lest they be tormented too soone, or, (as the diuels cryed out) before …
With rule
… bank-rupt debters) looke with any eye of particular search, into their poore and vvretchedwretched life, lest they be tormented too soone, or, (as the diuels cryed out) before …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… and encreased vvith goods, and haue neede of nothing, & knovvest not hovve thou art vvretchedwretched and miserable, and poore, and blind, & naked. I counsell thee to bye of me …
With rule
… and encreased vvith goods, and haue neede of nothing, & knovvest not hovve thou art vvretchedwretched and miserable, and poore, and blind, & naked. I counsell thee to bye of me …
Thomas Becon · The Demands of Holy Scripture · 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.