Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27575 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvistwist

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

Puritas changed it: 7 times in 5 works
Consistency: 100% (7 of 7)
Reach if approved: ~7 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wist
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 7 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (7 changes in 5 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (6 of 7)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he muſt ſee theſe three things: and if they ſee not theſe three, they vviſtwist neuer what vvas the Spirite of Verity. Looke vvhat followeth on theſe three ſights …
With rule
… he muſt ſee theſe three things: and if they ſee not theſe three, they vviſtwist neuer what vvas the Spirite of Verity. Looke vvhat followeth on theſe three ſights …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
Seing then that ſuch honorable Patriarks vviſtwist not, vvhat vvas don concerning their people, vvhich came of them ſelues, to vvhō …
With rule
Seing then that ſuch honorable Patriarks vviſtwist not, vvhat vvas don concerning their people, vvhich came of them ſelues, to vvhō …
Henrich Bullinger · The Hope of the Faithful · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I ſayd) to teach others, beſids that their doctrine vvas vnperfect itſelf, moſt commonly vviſtwist not vvhere they vvere vvhen it came to the point that they ſhould haue …
With rule
… I ſayd) to teach others, beſids that their doctrine vvas vnperfect itſelf, moſt commonly vviſtwist not vvhere they vvere vvhen it came to the point that they ſhould haue …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
1 Vvhye vvistwist thu then / Sett to thy penne.
With rule
1 Vvhye vvistwist thu then / Sett to thy penne.
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore carrieth his matters ſo, that the moſt are murderd by him before they vviſtwist who hurt them; being like the Fox, vvho entereth fetching leaps into her hole …
With rule
… therefore carrieth his matters ſo, that the moſt are murderd by him before they vviſtwist who hurt them; being like the Fox, vvho entereth fetching leaps into her hole …
Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſaw him: for Iohn ſaith, We ſaw him vvith our eyes: but they vviſtwist it not. What is the grounde of this ignorance, that ſeeing the Sonne, they …
With rule
… and ſaw him: for Iohn ſaith, We ſaw him vvith our eyes: but they vviſtwist it not. What is the grounde of this ignorance, that ſeeing the Sonne, they …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 20 · 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.