Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27232 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vviserwiser

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

Puritas changed it: 26 times in 22 works
Consistency: 100% (26 of 26)
Reach if approved: ~27 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wiser
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 26 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (26 changes in 22 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 26)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The fooliſh of God is vviſerwiser then Men. The lxx departing from Ebrevv truth, becauſe heathen vvold not ſuffer it …
With rule
The fooliſh of God is vviſerwiser then Men. The lxx departing from Ebrevv truth, becauſe heathen vvold not ſuffer it …
Hugh Broughton · Our Lords Family · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Learning? Is there a vviſe man amongſt you? I hope he is not vviſerwiser then Solomon yet he accounted all things in the vvorld vexation, & vanitie vvhen he …
With rule
… this Learning? Is there a vviſe man amongſt you? I hope he is not vviſerwiser then Solomon yet he accounted all things in the vvorld vexation, & vanitie vvhen he …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the word of God. Dauid saith he vvas vviserwiser then his teachers, and vviserwiser then the auncient: and he renders the cause therof from the worke of his …
With rule
… in the word of God. Dauid saith he vvas vviserwiser then his teachers, and vviserwiser then the auncient: and he renders the cause therof from the worke of his …
William Perkins · How to Live Well · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… becauſe hee will ever be ready to Heare, which is the vvay to be vviſerwiser than he was before. Heare then vve muſt; and to Heare vvee muſt ſeek …
With rule
… becauſe hee will ever be ready to Heare, which is the vvay to be vviſerwiser than he was before. Heare then vve muſt; and to Heare vvee muſt ſeek …
Henry Tozer · Christian Wisdom · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Doest then sende vs all to hell and damnation? Wilt thou iudge thy selfe vviserwiser, and more in Gods favour, then any of vs were? And many such like …
With rule
… Doest then sende vs all to hell and damnation? Wilt thou iudge thy selfe vviserwiser, and more in Gods favour, then any of vs were? And many such like …
Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 238 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their heart. But I hope their children (if not themſelves) vvill in time grovv vviſerwiser, hovv ever in other things it be too common, that the children remember their …
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… their heart. But I hope their children (if not themſelves) vvill in time grovv vviſerwiser, hovv ever in other things it be too common, that the children remember their …
Francis Johnson · Concerning a Book by Christopher Lawne · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I muſt ſay, That a little ſober, impartial, believing Conſideration, will make a Man VViſerWiser, than the Reading of many Books with an unhumbled, byaſſed Mind. The Day is …
With rule
… I muſt ſay, That a little ſober, impartial, believing Conſideration, will make a Man VViſerWiser, than the Reading of many Books with an unhumbled, byaſſed Mind. The Day is …
Richard Baxter · Answer to Stillingfleets Charge of Separation · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… defective in their duty, (2) as performing their duty. In both these Notions David vvas vviserwiser than they, or a Man of a better understanding.
With rule
… defective in their duty, (2) as performing their duty. In both these Notions David vvas vviserwiser than they, or a Man of a better understanding.
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 646 · 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.