Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27500 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvileswiles

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

Puritas changed it: 9 times in 8 works
Consistency: 100% (9 of 9)
Reach if approved: ~9 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wiles
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 9 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (9 changes in 8 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 9)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… truth and justice, vvill be found and pronounced to be poor, silly, and childish vvileswiles, yea, very fooleries and bablings; after vvhich, they vvill not speak again, but laying …
With rule
… truth and justice, vvill be found and pronounced to be poor, silly, and childish vvileswiles, yea, very fooleries and bablings; after vvhich, they vvill not speak again, but laying …
James Durham · Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments · p. 444 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this but as a jeer, yet give me leave to observe two parts in VVilesWiles.
With rule
… this but as a jeer, yet give me leave to observe two parts in VVilesWiles.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the vvhole Armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the vvileswiles of the Divell; For vvee vvrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities …
With rule
… the vvhole Armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the vvileswiles of the Divell; For vvee vvrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities …
Henry Lawrence · A History of Angels · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… children of God are lyable to so many failings, and there being so many vvileswiles and circuits in the heart of man, that there can be no judgment made …
With rule
… children of God are lyable to so many failings, and there being so many vvileswiles and circuits in the heart of man, that there can be no judgment made …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I ſhall not inſiſt any longer upon that ſecond general, the enumeration of Satans VVilesWiles.
With rule
… I ſhall not inſiſt any longer upon that ſecond general, the enumeration of Satans VVilesWiles.
William Spurstowe · The Wiles of Satan · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he hath given a compleat Armour to every Chriſtian wherewith to fight againſt the vvileswiles and temptations of the devil; ſo he hath given a compleat Armour to his …
With rule
… he hath given a compleat Armour to every Chriſtian wherewith to fight againſt the vvileswiles and temptations of the devil; ſo he hath given a compleat Armour to his …
Joseph Caryl · Englands Hoped Mercies and Required Duties · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the City for their aide and aſſiſtance. And theſe are indeed his moſt uſuall vvileswiles whereby he deceives us.
With rule
… the City for their aide and aſſiſtance. And theſe are indeed his moſt uſuall vvileswiles whereby he deceives us.
Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
But vvether thys be their grosse ouersight, or vvhether they vvink vvileswiles agaynst religion I vvil not novv dispute: this is more then vvonderful, that such …
With rule
But vvether thys be their grosse ouersight, or vvhether they vvink vvileswiles agaynst religion I vvil not novv dispute: this is more then vvonderful, that such …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · 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.