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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5829 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvordword

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

Puritas changed it
3,196 times in 586 works
Consistency
100% (3,196 of 3,196)
Reach if approved
~3,359 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: word
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,197 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,196 changes in 586 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,196)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that whether our hearts be sanctified or not sanctified tis all one to the VVordWord, it makes no alteration in the nature of that: All the difference lies in …
    With rule
    … that whether our hearts be sanctified or not sanctified tis all one to the VVordWord, it makes no alteration in the nature of that: All the difference lies in …

    William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … I savv vnder the Altar, the soules of them that were killed for the vvordword of God—▪ & THEY CRIED, 10. How lōg Lord holy and true! dost thou not iudge …
    With rule
    … I savv vnder the Altar, the soules of them that were killed for the vvordword of God—▪ & THEY CRIED, 10. How lōg Lord holy and true! dost thou not iudge …

    William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 259 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    A WATCH VVORDWORD, by F. Baker.
    With rule
    A WATCH VVORDWORD, by F. Baker.

    John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … wait upon, reverence, receive, embrace and love the holy and faithfull Miniſtrie of the VVordWord. Here is the ſweeteſt muſick that ever eare heard, the delicat'ſt Feaſt that ever …
    With rule
    … wait upon, reverence, receive, embrace and love the holy and faithfull Miniſtrie of the VVordWord. Here is the ſweeteſt muſick that ever eare heard, the delicat'ſt Feaſt that ever …

    Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … wealth knew not what this meant: He that cannot dissemble, cannot liue; and their vvordword vvould be taken, where our bond vvill not. Therefore, that vvhich should be odious …
    With rule
    … wealth knew not what this meant: He that cannot dissemble, cannot liue; and their vvordword vvould be taken, where our bond vvill not. Therefore, that vvhich should be odious …

    Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in all actions, but the great canon of Proſopolatria, or humane authority. In a vvordword, in effect they ſay, The word ſhall not raign over them, but they vvil …
    With rule
    … in all actions, but the great canon of Proſopolatria, or humane authority. In a vvordword, in effect they ſay, The word ſhall not raign over them, but they vvil …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 102 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Againe, in ſtead of working the vvordword vpon our affections, how many content themſelues to exerciſe their critickes, this or that …
    With rule
    Againe, in ſtead of working the vvordword vpon our affections, how many content themſelues to exerciſe their critickes, this or that …

    Paul Baynes · The Trial of a Christians Estate · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … praying your prelacie, if you can ſend mee, or any of my brethren any vvordword of him, that you vvould returne vs an anſvvere vvith ſpeede.
    With rule
    … praying your prelacie, if you can ſend mee, or any of my brethren any vvordword of him, that you vvould returne vs an anſvvere vvith ſpeede.

    Martin Marprelate · Theses · 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.