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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27624 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvettwett

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

Puritas changed it
6 times in 4 works
Consistency
100% (6 of 6)
Reach if approved
~6 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: wet
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 4 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (6 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … brooke Christ, for we have sitten long meal-free, vve found Christ vvithout a vvettwett foot, and He, and his gospel, came upon small charges to our Doors, but …
    With rule
    … brooke Christ, for we have sitten long meal-free, vve found Christ vvithout a vvettwett foot, and He, and his gospel, came upon small charges to our Doors, but …

    Samuel Rutherford · Letters in Two Parts · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Gedeons fleece dry one vvhile in goodnes vvhile all their neighbours about them are vvettwett, & another time drenched vvith drunkenes, vvhile all their neighbours are ſober of thirſt after …
    With rule
    … Gedeons fleece dry one vvhile in goodnes vvhile all their neighbours about them are vvettwett, & another time drenched vvith drunkenes, vvhile all their neighbours are ſober of thirſt after …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    We may sovve in teares, vve shall reape in ioy. Let my spring be vvettwett so that I may haue a plentifull Autume I care not. Vir dolorum can …
    With rule
    We may sovve in teares, vve shall reape in ioy. Let my spring be vvettwett so that I may haue a plentifull Autume I care not. Vir dolorum can …

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … it vvere possible to make some thing of this no friend? to hold thys vvettwett Eele by the tayle, as they say, and to haue his friendship fast, and …
    With rule
    … it vvere possible to make some thing of this no friend? to hold thys vvettwett Eele by the tayle, as they say, and to haue his friendship fast, and …

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Ephramites are there amongſt vs that are like vnto a ſpongious cloud noe ſooner vvettwett but dry, like vnto Gedeons fleece dry one vvhile in goodnes vvhile all their …
    With rule
    … Ephramites are there amongſt vs that are like vnto a ſpongious cloud noe ſooner vvettwett but dry, like vnto Gedeons fleece dry one vvhile in goodnes vvhile all their …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Are vvettwett, & all to stay for thee
    With rule
    Are vvettwett, & all to stay for thee

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · 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.