Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5882 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvatchwatch

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

Puritas changed it: 179 times in 81 works
Consistency: 100% (179 of 179)
Reach if approved: ~188 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: watch
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 179 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (179 changes in 81 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 179)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The Lord doth wait and vvatchwatch, to doe good unto his people: before in the 6. verſe, he paſſed by, beheld …
With rule
The Lord doth wait and vvatchwatch, to doe good unto his people: before in the 6. verſe, he paſſed by, beheld …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
A Seasonable VVATCHWATCH-VVORD UNTO CHRISTIANS Against the DREAMS & DREAMERS Of this GENERATION: Delivered in a SERMON …
With rule
A Seasonable VVATCHWATCH-VVORD UNTO CHRISTIANS Against the DREAMS & DREAMERS Of this GENERATION: Delivered in a SERMON …
John Wilson · A Seasonable Watchword · Open in the reader
Printed
… did Abraham reskue his nephew Lot, from the foure Kings. The like warrant and vvatchwatch-word is given to vvarr againſt the Whore and her confederates. I ſaw an …
With rule
… did Abraham reskue his nephew Lot, from the foure Kings. The like warrant and vvatchwatch-word is given to vvarr againſt the Whore and her confederates. I ſaw an …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more vvill they doe it if they haue libertie: and if vvhen all places vvatchwatch ouer them, they dare venture as they haue done; much more vvill they preſume …
With rule
… more vvill they doe it if they haue libertie: and if vvhen all places vvatchwatch ouer them, they dare venture as they haue done; much more vvill they preſume …
Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a vvell trayned soldiar, & hath all ready great numbers mustered that abyde but theyr vvatchwatch vvord. it is now at peace vvithall, and therefore at leasure: onles they vvyll …
With rule
… a vvell trayned soldiar, & hath all ready great numbers mustered that abyde but theyr vvatchwatch vvord. it is now at peace vvithall, and therefore at leasure: onles they vvyll …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… this time vvas of ſmal reputatiō: dvvelt in by ſtrangers: the Palaces turned to vvatchwatch tovvres, and brought to ruine. Eſa. 23, 13. TIRKANA, K. of Cuſh or Ethiop may vvel …
With rule
… this time vvas of ſmal reputatiō: dvvelt in by ſtrangers: the Palaces turned to vvatchwatch tovvres, and brought to ruine. Eſa. 23, 13. TIRKANA, K. of Cuſh or Ethiop may vvel …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… reſiſtance: So vve vpon the ſame grounds, muſt thinke it neceſſary to double our vvatchwatch, becauſe our ſoules are ſickly, and full of vvants and vveakneſſes, and many breaches …
With rule
… reſiſtance: So vve vpon the ſame grounds, muſt thinke it neceſſary to double our vvatchwatch, becauſe our ſoules are ſickly, and full of vvants and vveakneſſes, and many breaches …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 524 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when he had done this, then he would be as a ſpy, upon his VVatchWatch-Tower, to ſee whether he prevailed, whether he got the day or no; and …
With rule
… when he had done this, then he would be as a ſpy, upon his VVatchWatch-Tower, to ſee whether he prevailed, whether he got the day or no; and …
Thomas Brooks · The Privy Key of Heaven · p. 393 · 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.