Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27625 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhetwhet

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

Puritas changed it: 6 times in 5 works
Consistency: 100% (6 of 6)
Reach if approved: ~6 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: whet
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 5 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (6 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
But these gloosing Frenchmē haue vvhetwhet on some of our persvvaders, vvho likevvise vvhetwhet on others, vvith remembrance of the dominions and rule vvhich theyr anncesters sometime bare …
With rule
But these gloosing Frenchmē haue vvhetwhet on some of our persvvaders, vvho likevvise vvhetwhet on others, vvith remembrance of the dominions and rule vvhich theyr anncesters sometime bare …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… when he hath begun, to cast upon us, and not spare, when he hath vvhetwhet his glittering svvord, and his hand hath taken hold of vengeance: Dreadful may the …
With rule
… when he hath begun, to cast upon us, and not spare, when he hath vvhetwhet his glittering svvord, and his hand hath taken hold of vengeance: Dreadful may the …
Robert McWard · The English Balance · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Anceſtors, tell of the Lands, and Lordſhips which were once theirs. Onely doe thou vvhetwhet our deſires anſwerably to the readineſſe of thy mercies, that we may redeeme what …
With rule
… Anceſtors, tell of the Lands, and Lordſhips which were once theirs. Onely doe thou vvhetwhet our deſires anſwerably to the readineſſe of thy mercies, that we may redeeme what …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 814 · Open in the reader
Printed
If vve ſee a man vvhetwhet and ſharpen a tool, vve conclude he intends to do ſomething vvith it: as …
With rule
If vve ſee a man vvhetwhet and ſharpen a tool, vve conclude he intends to do ſomething vvith it: as …
John Canne · A Two-Fold Shaking of the Earth · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the reuenges vpon the enemie. Nay ſaith the Pſalmiſt he hath bent his bovve, vvhetwhet his ſvvord, & made it ready againſt the faces of them that ſeeke him not …
With rule
… the reuenges vpon the enemie. Nay ſaith the Pſalmiſt he hath bent his bovve, vvhetwhet his ſvvord, & made it ready againſt the faces of them that ſeeke him not …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
But these gloosing Frenchmē haue vvhetwhet on some of our persvvaders, vvho likevvise vvhetwhet on others, vvith remembrance of the …
With rule
But these gloosing Frenchmē haue vvhetwhet on some of our persvvaders, vvho likevvise vvhetwhet on others, vvith remembrance of the …
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.