Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27345 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvoollwooll

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

Puritas changed it: 19 times in 5 works
Consistency: 82.6% (19 of 23)
Reach if approved: ~24 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: wool
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 23 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: wool (4)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (19 changes in 5 works, 82.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 19)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
4. Let it be conſider'd, that ſince VVoollWooll and VVoollen Manufactures are the ancient Staple of England, and a main ſupport to …
With rule
4. Let it be conſider'd, that ſince VVoollWooll and VVoollen Manufactures are the ancient Staple of England, and a main ſupport to …
George Philips · The Interest of England in the Preservation of Ireland · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE COGNISANCE OF A CHRISTIAN: OR CHRIST HIS NEW COMMANDEMENT. A Sermon preached in VVoollWooll-Church. THE TWENTIETH SERMON.
With rule
THE COGNISANCE OF A CHRISTIAN: OR CHRIST HIS NEW COMMANDEMENT. A Sermon preached in VVoollWooll-Church. THE TWENTIETH SERMON.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 251 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be Proud and Haughty? VVhat hath made the Difference between a Fleece of VVoollWooll, and a Piece of gay Stuff, or fine Cloth, but the Art of ſome …
With rule
… to be Proud and Haughty? VVhat hath made the Difference between a Fleece of VVoollWooll, and a Piece of gay Stuff, or fine Cloth, but the Art of ſome …
John Collinges · The Weavers Pocket-Book · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our ſins were as Scarlet, he will make them as white as Snow or VVoollWooll; Again, I am the Lord, and change not, therefore ye Sons of Jacob are …
With rule
… our ſins were as Scarlet, he will make them as white as Snow or VVoollWooll; Again, I am the Lord, and change not, therefore ye Sons of Jacob are …
William Dyer · Heaven Upon Earth · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. As warm as VVoollWooll. And one said merrily; VVoollWooll must needs be warm, as consisting all of double letters.
With rule
3. As warm as VVoollWooll. And one said merrily; VVoollWooll must needs be warm, as consisting all of double letters.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE CROWNE OF HUMILITY. A Sermon preached in VVoollWooll-Church, Aprill 10. 1624. THE NINETEENTH SERMON.
With rule
THE CROWNE OF HUMILITY. A Sermon preached in VVoollWooll-Church, Aprill 10. 1624. THE NINETEENTH SERMON.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the other Materials was much more Ancient. Hemp, Flax and Cotton-wool, are vegetables: VVoollWooll, Silk and Hair are the Product of ſenſitive Creatures. The whole Creation is made …
With rule
… the other Materials was much more Ancient. Hemp, Flax and Cotton-wool, are vegetables: VVoollWooll, Silk and Hair are the Product of ſenſitive Creatures. The whole Creation is made …
John Collinges · The Weavers Pocket-Book · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Alphabet of our English Commodities though exceeding in VV. for VVood, VVheat, VVoollWooll, and VVater. Besides this Shire, better answereth (as to the sound thereof) the name …
With rule
… in the Alphabet of our English Commodities though exceeding in VV. for VVood, VVheat, VVoollWooll, and VVater. Besides this Shire, better answereth (as to the sound thereof) the name …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 33 · 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.