Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27646 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhychwhych

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

Puritas changed it: 13 times in 3 works
Consistency: 40.6% (13 of 32)
Reach if approved: ~34 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: which
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 32 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: which (19)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (13 changes in 3 works, 40.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 13)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… imperfectenesse therin / as in the werkes of them that be not their craftes master. VvhychWhych is yet not rekened / because they doo their good willes and be scolars and …
With rule
… imperfectenesse therin / as in the werkes of them that be not their craftes master. VvhychWhych is yet not rekened / because they doo their good willes and be scolars and …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · Open in the reader
Printed
3 VvhychWhych ys here included in thys latter admonycyon of Tolwyn. Vvherin he deſyreth hys fryndes …
With rule
3 VvhychWhych ys here included in thys latter admonycyon of Tolwyn. Vvherin he deſyreth hys fryndes …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… coulde he none othervvise hold theyr loue, but hauing theyr necks vnder hys yoke. VVhychWhych vnion of possession and right, to that realme, vvas aftervvard fortified by crouning hys …
With rule
… coulde he none othervvise hold theyr loue, but hauing theyr necks vnder hys yoke. VVhychWhych vnion of possession and right, to that realme, vvas aftervvard fortified by crouning hys …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
¶ 1 VvhychWhych denuncyacyon / deteccion / and preſentacyon / 2 hath bene partlye by myne ovvne confeſſion 3 and partlye by …
With rule
¶ 1 VvhychWhych denuncyacyon / deteccion / and preſentacyon / 2 hath bene partlye by myne ovvne confeſſion 3 and partlye by …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but of malice vn to the trueth & of obstinatt lust & selfe will to synne. VvhychWhych appereth in .ij. thynges: the one / y^t they haue gotten them with wiles & falsehed …
With rule
… but of malice vn to the trueth & of obstinatt lust & selfe will to synne. VvhychWhych appereth in .ij. thynges: the one / y^t they haue gotten them with wiles & falsehed …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. lxiij · 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.