Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27179 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvitchwitch

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

Puritas changed it: 36 times in 17 works
Consistency: 100% (36 of 36)
Reach if approved: ~38 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: witch
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 36 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (36 changes in 17 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 36)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and lay hold upon the Covenant: ſo Saul he goes to Endor, to the VVitchWitch in ſtead of going to God, and laying better hold of the Covenant. So …
With rule
… and lay hold upon the Covenant: ſo Saul he goes to Endor, to the VVitchWitch in ſtead of going to God, and laying better hold of the Covenant. So …
Walter Cradock · Gospel Holiness · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a sort of VVitchcraft charg'd on you. You shall as undoubtedly perish as any VVitchWitch in the world, except you reform. Can you imagine that an obstinate Witch will …
With rule
… a sort of VVitchcraft charg'd on you. You shall as undoubtedly perish as any VVitchWitch in the world, except you reform. Can you imagine that an obstinate Witch will …
Cotton Mather · Memorable Providences · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… devil above himſelf in wiſdome and in power) therefore Saul vvill hear vvhat a vvitchwitch, an oracle of hell can ſay; and how vvofull a complaint doth he make …
With rule
… devil above himſelf in wiſdome and in power) therefore Saul vvill hear vvhat a vvitchwitch, an oracle of hell can ſay; and how vvofull a complaint doth he make …
Joseph Caryl · Heaven and Earth Embracing · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diſtreſs go to VVitches and VVizzards, and Fortune-tellers, as Saul did to the vvitchwitch at Endor, ſhew that they grieve more for affliction then for ſin.
With rule
… diſtreſs go to VVitches and VVizzards, and Fortune-tellers, as Saul did to the vvitchwitch at Endor, ſhew that they grieve more for affliction then for ſin.
Christopher Love · The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is no more the Temple of God, then the Divel which appeared to the vvitchwitch at Endor was Samuell, &c. Would the Apoſtles (think vve) or Auguſtine eyther cal …
With rule
… is no more the Temple of God, then the Divel which appeared to the vvitchwitch at Endor was Samuell, &c. Would the Apoſtles (think vve) or Auguſtine eyther cal …
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… contrary to the cuſtome in reverence & honour of King Saul; and that thereby the vvitchwitch knew him to be King. Others go further and teach mē how to defend …
With rule
… contrary to the cuſtome in reverence & honour of King Saul; and that thereby the vvitchwitch knew him to be King. Others go further and teach mē how to defend …
John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
… murtherer, and not as VVitchWitch, and so he should die, though he were no VVitchWitch.
With rule
… murtherer, and not as VVitchWitch, and so he should die, though he were no VVitchWitch.
William Perkins · The Damned Art of Witchcraft · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVItchWitch-craft is a wicked Art seruing for the working of wonders by the assistance …
With rule
VVItchWitch-craft is a wicked Art seruing for the working of wonders by the assistance …
Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 47 · 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.