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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #30560 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvherforewherfore

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

Puritas changed it
4 times in 2 works
Consistency
1.3% (4 of 305)
Reach if approved
~322 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: wherefore
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
306 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
wherefore (279), wherefor (22)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4 changes in 2 works, 1.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (3 of 4)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    VVHERFOREWHERFORE let al chryſtē mē learne to knowe that the promiſe is vniuerſall perteynynge to …
    With rule
    VVHERFOREWHERFORE let al chryſtē mē learne to knowe that the promiſe is vniuerſall perteynynge to …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. xx · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    4VvherforeWherfore in a …yre Thu haddest thy hyre.
    With rule
    4VvherforeWherfore in a …yre Thu haddest thy hyre.

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    ❧ VVHERFOREWHERFORE without doubt thys ſentence is excluſiue and barryng of all our worthynes, when Paul …
    With rule
    ❧ VVHERFOREWHERFORE without doubt thys ſentence is excluſiue and barryng of all our worthynes, when Paul …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · 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.