Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27412 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvidovvwidow

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

Puritas changed it: 12 times in 8 works
Consistency: 100% (12 of 12)
Reach if approved: ~13 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: widow
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 12 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (12 changes in 8 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 12)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… citie is solitarie vvhich vvas lately full of people, she is novv as a vvidovvwidow, but in speciall he doth amplifie the desolatiō of it. The fire had destroied …
With rule
… citie is solitarie vvhich vvas lately full of people, she is novv as a vvidovvwidow, but in speciall he doth amplifie the desolatiō of it. The fire had destroied …
Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 255 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Ezekiel in his sorrovv, Bee silent. forbear to cry. The Hebrews call a vvidovvwidow Almanah, from a vvord that signifieth dumb, to teach her to seal her mouth …
With rule
… to Ezekiel in his sorrovv, Bee silent. forbear to cry. The Hebrews call a vvidovvwidow Almanah, from a vvord that signifieth dumb, to teach her to seal her mouth …
Zacharie Boyd · Four Letters of Comforts · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Naomi, after ten yeeres returneth to Bethleem Iuda: and Ruth vvith her, a Moabite, vvidovvwidow to Machlon. This daughter, of Lot that bleſſed Abraham & left his countrey for him …
With rule
… Naomi, after ten yeeres returneth to Bethleem Iuda: and Ruth vvith her, a Moabite, vvidovvwidow to Machlon. This daughter, of Lot that bleſſed Abraham & left his countrey for him …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… the memory of them. Wee told you ere while, that ſhee is called a vvidovvwidow▪ in reſpect that at this time God had forſaken & put her away frō him …
With rule
… the memory of them. Wee told you ere while, that ſhee is called a vvidovvwidow▪ in reſpect that at this time God had forſaken & put her away frō him …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 561 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by cruell imprisonments Novv let our Saviour judge betvvixt us, & D.B. The poore vvidovvwidow (sayth he) that parted but vvith tvvo mites, parted vvith more then they did …
With rule
… by cruell imprisonments Novv let our Saviour judge betvvixt us, & D.B. The poore vvidovvwidow (sayth he) that parted but vvith tvvo mites, parted vvith more then they did …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvas readie to periſhe came vpon mee, and I comforted the heart of the vvidovvwidow.
With rule
… vvas readie to periſhe came vpon mee, and I comforted the heart of the vvidovvwidow.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 538 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at dice desired the diuel to helpe him, deflovvred Stephana his fathers concubine, a vvidovvwidow called Rainer, and another named Anne: vvho warred, burned, brake vp dores and vvindovves …
With rule
… at dice desired the diuel to helpe him, deflovvred Stephana his fathers concubine, a vvidovvwidow called Rainer, and another named Anne: vvho warred, burned, brake vp dores and vvindovves …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… their captiues and exiles: and in another reſpect they vvere not forſaken as a vvidovvwidow of the Lord, vvho yet remembred his gracious covenant, to shevv them mercy accordingly …
With rule
… their captiues and exiles: and in another reſpect they vvere not forſaken as a vvidovvwidow of the Lord, vvho yet remembred his gracious covenant, to shevv them mercy accordingly …
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 73 · 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.