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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27622 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvelleswelles

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

Puritas changed it
6 times in 6 works
Consistency
100% (6 of 6)
Reach if approved
~6 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: wells
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6 changes in 6 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (6 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    The Souls progreſs to the Celeſtial Canaan, by Iohn VVellesWelles Preacher of the Goſpel.
    With rule
    The Souls progreſs to the Celeſtial Canaan, by Iohn VVellesWelles Preacher of the Goſpel.

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … praemuniendo Johan. Beauchamp de Lillesdon militem, Johan. VVhittokesmede Civem Bathon. Johan. Ropere Civem de VVellesWelles, Johan. Osbern Burgensem de Taunton, Adam Best Burgensem de Br iggewater.
    With rule
    … praemuniendo Johan. Beauchamp de Lillesdon militem, Johan. VVhittokesmede Civem Bathon. Johan. Ropere Civem de VVellesWelles, Johan. Osbern Burgensem de Taunton, Adam Best Burgensem de Br iggewater.

    William Prynne · A Brief Register Part 2 · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … they builded not, houses full of all manner of goods vvhich they filled not, vvelleswelles digged vvhich they digged not, vineyardes and Oliue trees, vvhich they planted not. Now …
    With rule
    … they builded not, houses full of all manner of goods vvhich they filled not, vvelleswelles digged vvhich they digged not, vineyardes and Oliue trees, vvhich they planted not. Now …

    Francis Bunny · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 147 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of Balam, the sonne of Boser, who loued the reward of iniquity. They are vvelleswelles vvithout vvater, and cloudes carried about with a tempest, to whome the thicknes and …
    With rule
    … of Balam, the sonne of Boser, who loued the reward of iniquity. They are vvelleswelles vvithout vvater, and cloudes carried about with a tempest, to whome the thicknes and …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … OF THE SERMON Preached at the Consecration of the L. Bishop of Bath and VVellesWelles, against a confutation thereof by a namelesse Author. Diuided into 4 Bookes:
    With rule
    … OF THE SERMON Preached at the Consecration of the L. Bishop of Bath and VVellesWelles, against a confutation thereof by a namelesse Author. Diuided into 4 Bookes:

    George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Arches, till by King Henry the Sixth he was advanced Bishop of Bath and VVellesWelles.
    With rule
    … Arches, till by King Henry the Sixth he was advanced Bishop of Bath and VVellesWelles.

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 23 · 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.