Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27247 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvisestwisest

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

Puritas changed it: 24 times in 17 works
Consistency: 100% (24 of 24)
Reach if approved: ~25 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wisest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 24 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (24 changes in 17 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 24)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and holy …en, have felt and confest: yea, this vvas the judgement of the vvisestwisest, even amongst the Heathen▪ … being demanded vvhy the Oracle of Delpho… should pronounce him …
With rule
… and holy …en, have felt and confest: yea, this vvas the judgement of the vvisestwisest, even amongst the Heathen▪ … being demanded vvhy the Oracle of Delpho… should pronounce him …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 650 · Open in the reader
Printed
The vvisestwisest among men preached, Vanitie of vanities, and all is vanitie: All things are vaine …
With rule
The vvisestwisest among men preached, Vanitie of vanities, and all is vanitie: All things are vaine …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yeres vvorke. Salomō excelleth al kings in vvomē, riches, & vviſedome. Salo. one of the vviſeſtwisest of the ſōnes of God falleth to Idolatrie, & is corrupt, by the allurementes of …
With rule
… yeres vvorke. Salomō excelleth al kings in vvomē, riches, & vviſedome. Salo. one of the vviſeſtwisest of the ſōnes of God falleth to Idolatrie, & is corrupt, by the allurementes of …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… and pittie. And this is made a note of a vviſe man by the vviſeſtwisest. Prou. 12.16. A focle in a day ſhall be knowne by his anger, but he …
With rule
… and pittie. And this is made a note of a vviſe man by the vviſeſtwisest. Prou. 12.16. A focle in a day ſhall be knowne by his anger, but he …
John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for ever, is the chief and ultimate end of me, and of the higheſt, vviſeſtwisest, and beſt of Creatures; Amen.
With rule
… for ever, is the chief and ultimate end of me, and of the higheſt, vviſeſtwisest, and beſt of Creatures; Amen.
Richard Baxter · Dying Thoughts Upon Philippians 1:23 · Open in the reader
Printed
And as he among the Heathen was accounted the VVisestWisest Man among them that said, Hoc scio tantum me nihil; i. e. that he …
With rule
And as he among the Heathen was accounted the VVisestWisest Man among them that said, Hoc scio tantum me nihil; i. e. that he …
John Lightfoot · Remains · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in outvvard things, compar'd vvith the fear of God, is but vanity; and the vvisestwisest Man must become a fool, that he may be wise with this kind of …
With rule
… in outvvard things, compar'd vvith the fear of God, is but vanity; and the vvisestwisest Man must become a fool, that he may be wise with this kind of …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 646 · Open in the reader
Printed
… If vve had to deale vvith ſome crafty B…oaker, vvee vvould ioine the vviſeſtwisest head vvee could meet vvith againſt him: but get Chriſt the wiſdome of the …
With rule
… If vve had to deale vvith ſome crafty B…oaker, vvee vvould ioine the vviſeſtwisest head vvee could meet vvith againſt him: but get Chriſt the wiſdome of the …
Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 53 · 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.