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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5831 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvellwell

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

Puritas changed it
1,542 times in 394 works
Consistency
100% (1,542 of 1,542)
Reach if approved
~1,620 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: well
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,542 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,542 changes in 394 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,542)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … nothinge to ther owne ſowles profyght, as it wyll apere in the laſt rekenynge. VvellWell, theſe ſuffycyent wytneſſes and recordes of my lorde, or true vpholders of the popes …
    With rule
    … nothinge to ther owne ſowles profyght, as it wyll apere in the laſt rekenynge. VvellWell, theſe ſuffycyent wytneſſes and recordes of my lorde, or true vpholders of the popes …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … on their forces, at their appointed times, for their ſervice; ſo they muſt look vvellwell to the ſafety of the vvaies by the vvhich they leade them.
    With rule
    … on their forces, at their appointed times, for their ſervice; ſo they muſt look vvellwell to the ſafety of the vvaies by the vvhich they leade them.

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſayth alſo, they can or wyl not laboure, and they are aſhamed to begge. VvellWell, yf thou wilte not in any wyſe haue it otherwyſe, then go thy wayes …
    With rule
    … ſayth alſo, they can or wyl not laboure, and they are aſhamed to begge. VvellWell, yf thou wilte not in any wyſe haue it otherwyſe, then go thy wayes …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … you could prove that the temples abuſed by Antichriſte vvere to be deſtroyed as vvellwell as the Pagan-Idolies: yet at leaſt by the teſtimony and judgement of theſe …
    With rule
    … you could prove that the temples abuſed by Antichriſte vvere to be deſtroyed as vvellwell as the Pagan-Idolies: yet at leaſt by the teſtimony and judgement of theſe …

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 236 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and holy loialty to her maieſty and the ſtate, they be carefull to liue vvellwell to the vttermoſte of their povver: and the Lorde be thanked, that hath giuen …
    With rule
    … and holy loialty to her maieſty and the ſtate, they be carefull to liue vvellwell to the vttermoſte of their povver: and the Lorde be thanked, that hath giuen …

    Oliver Pigg · Treatise on 1 Peter 4 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the first vvas, but thankes be to God it vvas both orderly kept, and vvellwell obtayned. For vpon better information giuen to the Right Honorable the Lord Burleigh, Lorde …
    With rule
    … the first vvas, but thankes be to God it vvas both orderly kept, and vvellwell obtayned. For vpon better information giuen to the Right Honorable the Lord Burleigh, Lorde …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    5 VVellWell, I will close vp this parte of our talke, for Tobies almes borde in …
    With rule
    5 VVellWell, I will close vp this parte of our talke, for Tobies almes borde in …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 269 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … decyding of the vvhole at large. In the mean vvhile M. Some may do vvellwell, hauing gotten his aduersaries booke (as it is like he hath, if his pen …
    With rule
    … decyding of the vvhole at large. In the mean vvhile M. Some may do vvellwell, hauing gotten his aduersaries booke (as it is like he hath, if his pen …

    Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · 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.