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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27639 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvrackwrack

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: wrack
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
  1. Printed
    … Many the like inſtances might be given, and When vve hear of the ſhip-vvrackwrack of ſo many goodly Veſſels: of the fall o… ſo many bright ſhining Stars …
    With rule
    … Many the like inſtances might be given, and When vve hear of the ſhip-vvrackwrack of ſo many goodly Veſſels: of the fall o… ſo many bright ſhining Stars …

    Abraham Caley · A Glimpse of Eternity · p. 188 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vvātons, & all their paultrie popiniays be they giules, or practiſes may ſuffer a fearfull vvrackwrack vvith them.
    With rule
    … vvātons, & all their paultrie popiniays be they giules, or practiſes may ſuffer a fearfull vvrackwrack vvith them.

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the best occasion of resisting in time the beginnings: he, that hath made ship vvrackwrack of honor and conscience, shal make hys profit of our conscience, and lye in …
    With rule
    … the best occasion of resisting in time the beginnings: he, that hath made ship vvrackwrack of honor and conscience, shal make hys profit of our conscience, and lye in …

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

  4. Printed
    … that to be the vveale of the Kirk, vvhich hath many times proved her vvrackwrack, being abused, as commonly it hath happened: He taketh poyson for a preservatiue, and …
    With rule
    … that to be the vveale of the Kirk, vvhich hath many times proved her vvrackwrack, being abused, as commonly it hath happened: He taketh poyson for a preservatiue, and …

    David Calderwood · The Pastor and the Prelate · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    A late Great SHIPWRACK OF FAITH: Occaſioned by the VVrackWrack of Conſcience.
    With rule
    A late Great SHIPWRACK OF FAITH: Occaſioned by the VVrackWrack of Conſcience.

    Daniel Cawdry · A Late Great Shipwreck of Faith · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    A late Great Shipwrack OF FAITH: Occaſioned by a fearful VVrackWrack of Conſcience. Diſcovered in a SERMON Preached at Pauls the firſt day of July, 1655.
    With rule
    A late Great Shipwrack OF FAITH: Occaſioned by a fearful VVrackWrack of Conſcience. Diſcovered in a SERMON Preached at Pauls the firſt day of July, 1655.

    Daniel Cawdry · A Late Great Shipwreck of Faith · 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.