Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5883 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvaterwater

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

Puritas changed it: 470 times in 191 works
Consistency: 100% (470 of 470)
Reach if approved: ~494 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: water
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 470 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (470 changes in 191 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 470)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the fathers teach, both by this, that Iohn ſaide, how he baptized (onely) with vvaterwater: but Chriſt ſhould baptize with the holy ghoſt, & with fire: and alſo by this …
With rule
… the fathers teach, both by this, that Iohn ſaide, how he baptized (onely) with vvaterwater: but Chriſt ſhould baptize with the holy ghoſt, & with fire: and alſo by this …
Girolamo Zanchi · Confession of the Christian Religion · p. 305 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the speech of our mercy. The iourney they make vs take through fire and vvaterwater, requires a more punctuall tractation, then your patience will now admit. Two short vses …
With rule
… the speech of our mercy. The iourney they make vs take through fire and vvaterwater, requires a more punctuall tractation, then your patience will now admit. Two short vses …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Auricular confeſſion: Prayer in an vnknovven toungue: Prayer for the dead: Seven Sacraments: Holy vvaterwater: holy aſhes, holy palmes, holy bread: Creame, ſpittle, oyle, and ſalt in Baptiſme: Conſubſtantiation …
With rule
… Auricular confeſſion: Prayer in an vnknovven toungue: Prayer for the dead: Seven Sacraments: Holy vvaterwater: holy aſhes, holy palmes, holy bread: Creame, ſpittle, oyle, and ſalt in Baptiſme: Conſubſtantiation …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · Open in the reader
Printed
… notable feeling hereof, when he ſayd thus Pſal. 42: Like as the hart deſireth the vvaterwater brookes, ſo longeth my ſoule after thee, O God: My ſoule thirſteth for God …
With rule
… notable feeling hereof, when he ſayd thus Pſal. 42: Like as the hart deſireth the vvaterwater brookes, ſo longeth my ſoule after thee, O God: My ſoule thirſteth for God …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… testimonie.) 8. And there are three which beare record in earth, the Spirit, and the vvaterwater, and blood: and these three agree in one.
With rule
… testimonie.) 8. And there are three which beare record in earth, the Spirit, and the vvaterwater, and blood: and these three agree in one.
William Perkins · How a Man May Know Whether he be a Son of God · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were dipped in the waters of Iordan: the Ministers feete must enter first the vvaterwater, and beautifull are the feete of them, that bring good tidings. The Priests blew …
With rule
… were dipped in the waters of Iordan: the Ministers feete must enter first the vvaterwater, and beautifull are the feete of them, that bring good tidings. The Priests blew …
John Rainolds · The Prophecy of Obadiah Opened and Applied · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the inſtrument of baptiſme: For as fire is the inſtrument of burning, ſo is VVaterWater of washing: the matter of burning is the fewel that is burnt, So the …
With rule
… the inſtrument of baptiſme: For as fire is the inſtrument of burning, ſo is VVaterWater of washing: the matter of burning is the fewel that is burnt, So the …
John Smyth · The Character of the Beast · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
What ſeeke they thus? vvhy to this vvaterwater banke rome they ſo faſt?
With rule
What ſeeke they thus? vvhy to this vvaterwater banke rome they ſo faſt?
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 46 · 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.