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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5857 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvherebywhereby

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

Puritas changed it
496 times in 185 works
Consistency
100% (496 of 496)
Reach if approved
~521 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: whereby
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
496 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (496 changes in 185 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 496)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to expresse whether there were more godly zeale in Religion, or prowesse in warre. VVherebyWhereby hauing in the late yeares, specially by the defence of the towne of Saint …
    With rule
    … to expresse whether there were more godly zeale in Religion, or prowesse in warre. VVherebyWhereby hauing in the late yeares, specially by the defence of the towne of Saint …

    François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. lIX · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … venime and cauſe fiery heat in the perſon they enter … ſo all thoſe courſes vvherebywhereby Satan ſendeth ſcorching heat into the ſoule, are noted by them: theſe are either …
    With rule
    … venime and cauſe fiery heat in the perſon they enter … ſo all thoſe courſes vvherebywhereby Satan ſendeth ſcorching heat into the ſoule, are noted by them: theſe are either …

    Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 219 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … meanes and helps of furthering of the Goſpell of Chriſt Ieſus, (right noble Earle) vvherebywhereby, ſince the time of the bleſsed Apoſtles, much good hath bin done to the …
    With rule
    … meanes and helps of furthering of the Goſpell of Chriſt Ieſus, (right noble Earle) vvherebywhereby, ſince the time of the bleſsed Apoſtles, much good hath bin done to the …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … natures of Christ, or his offices: or the vnion and distinction of his Natures:) vvherebywhereby vvee knowe, that it is the last time:
    With rule
    … natures of Christ, or his offices: or the vnion and distinction of his Natures:) vvherebywhereby vvee knowe, that it is the last time:

    William Perkins · How a Man May Know Whether he be a Son of God · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … could be contented to grant their request, so that it were without his danger. VVherebyWhereby it came to passe, that an other officer, whom he set ouer them, did …
    With rule
    … could be contented to grant their request, so that it were without his danger. VVherebyWhereby it came to passe, that an other officer, whom he set ouer them, did …

    John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Hee repeats this vvord teach mee, often; vvherebywhereby hee acknowledges, that the chiefe leſſon hee vviſh…th to learne to make him …
    With rule
    Hee repeats this vvord teach mee, often; vvherebywhereby hee acknowledges, that the chiefe leſſon hee vviſh…th to learne to make him …

    Archibald Simson · Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance · p. 102 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Councells lawfully assembled: yet the prayer notwithstanding is gratefull unto God, and the hymnes, vvherebywhereby his presence, and favour, and grace, is implored both for the Councell & the Church …
    With rule
    … Councells lawfully assembled: yet the prayer notwithstanding is gratefull unto God, and the hymnes, vvherebywhereby his presence, and favour, and grace, is implored both for the Councell & the Church …

    James Ussher · Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland · p. 201 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … matter, this author repeteth in the fourth question ad Dulcitiū, and els very often. VVherebyWhereby the faithfull man may learne both how much, and whome these remedies do relieue …
    With rule
    … matter, this author repeteth in the fourth question ad Dulcitiū, and els very often. VVherebyWhereby the faithfull man may learne both how much, and whome these remedies do relieue …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 279 · 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.