Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5828 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvordswords

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

Puritas changed it: 946 times in 259 works
Consistency: 100% (946 of 946)
Reach if approved: ~994 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: words
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 946 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (946 changes in 259 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 946)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… conſider this loue to his in CHRIST, doth raiſe his ſtile, as if no vvordswords were ſufficient to expreſſe it: as may bee ſeene, Epheſ. 1.6. But ſpecially Epheſ. 2.4. & 7. where …
With rule
… conſider this loue to his in CHRIST, doth raiſe his ſtile, as if no vvordswords were ſufficient to expreſſe it: as may bee ſeene, Epheſ. 1.6. But ſpecially Epheſ. 2.4. & 7. where …
Paul Baynes · The Mirror or Miracle of Gods Love Unto the World of His Elect · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
Q. Can or doth euery one pray, that vttereth vvordswords, and vſeth a forme of prayer?
With rule
Q. Can or doth euery one pray, that vttereth vvordswords, and vſeth a forme of prayer?
Richard Bernard · A Double Catechism · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly, the ensewing vvordswords prove, that this adoring the Altar, was only a going to the Altar there …
With rule
Secondly, the ensewing vvordswords prove, that this adoring the Altar, was only a going to the Altar there …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
… head, not my heart onely, but all my bodie, and my thoughtes, and my vvordswords, and my vvoorkes, and my goods, and my life, take all that thou haste …
With rule
… head, not my heart onely, but all my bodie, and my thoughtes, and my vvordswords, and my vvoorkes, and my goods, and my life, take all that thou haste …
Henry Smith · The Christians Sacrifice Seen and Allowed · Open in the reader
Printed
… things wherewith Paule wrought through Chriſt: words, I ſay, and dedes. Vnder this word, vvordswords, are comprehended publique preachings, priuate communications, diſputations and Epiſtles, which when he was abſent …
With rule
… things wherewith Paule wrought through Chriſt: words, I ſay, and dedes. Vnder this word, vvordswords, are comprehended publique preachings, priuate communications, diſputations and Epiſtles, which when he was abſent …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Nobilitie of this Realme, all Iudges, Iustices, and ciuill Magistrates, and by special vvordswords for her Maiesties preseruation, agaynst all trayterous practises eyther of domesticall or forreyne enemies …
With rule
… the Nobilitie of this Realme, all Iudges, Iustices, and ciuill Magistrates, and by special vvordswords for her Maiesties preseruation, agaynst all trayterous practises eyther of domesticall or forreyne enemies …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvith vnderstanding, that by my voyce I might teach others alſo, than ten thouſand vvordswords in an vnknowne tongue.
With rule
… vvith vnderstanding, that by my voyce I might teach others alſo, than ten thouſand vvordswords in an vnknowne tongue.
William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
THe Second Propoſition vve here flatly deny. It is anſvvered in our laſt vvordswords againſt the 2. Reaſon.
With rule
THe Second Propoſition vve here flatly deny. It is anſvvered in our laſt vvordswords againſt the 2. Reaſon.
Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 90 · 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.