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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27696 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvilewile

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

Puritas changed it
5 times in 3 works
Consistency
100% (5 of 5)
Reach if approved
~5 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wile
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
5 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5 changes in 3 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (4 of 5)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    THe twentieth VVileWile is to draw aſide the ſoul to ſome ſin when it is in the …
    With rule
    THe twentieth VVileWile is to draw aſide the ſoul to ſome ſin when it is in the …

    William Spurstowe · The Wiles of Satan · p. 87 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Sure I am, that in Scripture a VVileWile always male audit, is taken in an evil sense, as wherein the simplicity of …
    With rule
    Sure I am, that in Scripture a VVileWile always male audit, is taken in an evil sense, as wherein the simplicity of …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 247 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Congesbury, Clanmore, Everchurch, H…riton, Kineston, L…d…ord, Pucklechurch, Wellington, Westerleigh, VVatton, VVecke, VVileWile, Yatton, with sundry other Farmes, Tenements, Hundreds and Appropriations, have been alienated by and …
    With rule
    … Congesbury, Clanmore, Everchurch, H…riton, Kineston, L…d…ord, Pucklechurch, Wellington, Westerleigh, VVatton, VVecke, VVileWile, Yatton, with sundry other Farmes, Tenements, Hundreds and Appropriations, have been alienated by and …

    Jan Hus · Vindication of the Authority of Christian Kings · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Or (2.) Satans VVileWile is, when he cannot hinder from duty, then he endeavours to ſpoyl them; he …
    With rule
    Or (2.) Satans VVileWile is, when he cannot hinder from duty, then he endeavours to ſpoyl them; he …

    William Spurstowe · The Wiles of Satan · p. 81 · 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.