Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27421 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

flovverflower

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

Puritas changed it: 11 times in 10 works
Consistency: 100% (11 of 11)
Reach if approved: ~12 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: flower
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 11 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (11 changes in 10 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 11)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… flovverflower or a graine of ſpice. As likewiſe to ſhovv 2. that as from every flovverflower in a bundle, there comes a ſvveet ſmell; even ſo from every thing conſiderable …
With rule
… flovverflower or a graine of ſpice. As likewiſe to ſhovv 2. that as from every flovverflower in a bundle, there comes a ſvveet ſmell; even ſo from every thing conſiderable …
William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the rich man fade away in his wayes. Not only to graſſe, but the flovverflower of graſſe.
With rule
… the rich man fade away in his wayes. Not only to graſſe, but the flovverflower of graſſe.
Christopher Love · The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Things of vvhich you have heard, viz. The Weaver's-Shuttle, the morning Dew, the FlovverFlower of the Field, the early Cloud, the Shadovv and Vapor that flieth away.
With rule
… Things of vvhich you have heard, viz. The Weaver's-Shuttle, the morning Dew, the FlovverFlower of the Field, the early Cloud, the Shadovv and Vapor that flieth away.
Benjamin Keach · Tropes and Figures · p. 397 · Open in the reader
Printed
…ne by the ayre, a flovverflower, a thorne
With rule
…ne by the ayre, a flovverflower, a thorne
William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Eld, for William Timme, dwelling in Pater-noſter rowe, at the ſigne of the FlovverFlower de Luce and crovvne, neere Cheapeſide. 1605.
With rule
… Eld, for William Timme, dwelling in Pater-noſter rowe, at the ſigne of the FlovverFlower de Luce and crovvne, neere Cheapeſide. 1605.
Anthony Wotton · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet · Open in the reader
Printed
The Shew-bread consisted of twelve Cakes made of fine FlovverFlower, Two tenth deals was to go to one Cake, and they were to be …
With rule
The Shew-bread consisted of twelve Cakes made of fine FlovverFlower, Two tenth deals was to go to one Cake, and they were to be …
John Bunyan · Solomons Temple Spiritualized · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
A kind of flovverflower or fruit very pleaſant to the eye (which may ſeem the ground of their …
With rule
A kind of flovverflower or fruit very pleaſant to the eye (which may ſeem the ground of their …
Arthur Jackson · A Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scriptures · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the best fruits of our Garden, let us give him our love, that flovverflower of delight. The Saints are not only compared to Stars for their knowledg, but …
With rule
… with the best fruits of our Garden, let us give him our love, that flovverflower of delight. The Saints are not only compared to Stars for their knowledg, but …
Thomas Watson · The Holy Eucharist · p. 100 · 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.