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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5886 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhorewhore

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

Puritas changed it
95 times in 52 works
Consistency
100% (95 of 95)
Reach if approved
~100 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: whore
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
95 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (95 changes in 52 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 95)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … they gaue themſelues to ſeeke their pleaſures, & did loue rather to hunt after a vvhorewhore, and their beaſtly luſts then after Chriſt the Son of God, & Sauiour of the …
    With rule
    … they gaue themſelues to ſeeke their pleaſures, & did loue rather to hunt after a vvhorewhore, and their beaſtly luſts then after Chriſt the Son of God, & Sauiour of the …

    John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … mariage and meats, then we muſt needs think it verified alſo in the Romiſhe vvhorewhore and her apoſtate childrē, which are falne into the very ſame ſinnes that are …
    With rule
    … mariage and meats, then we muſt needs think it verified alſo in the Romiſhe vvhorewhore and her apoſtate childrē, which are falne into the very ſame ſinnes that are …

    Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Whereby, acccording to the Reuelation of S. Iohn, in the forehead of the skarlet vvhorewhore, there is written a name of blaſphemie, which is Eternal Rome.
    With rule
    … Whereby, acccording to the Reuelation of S. Iohn, in the forehead of the skarlet vvhorewhore, there is written a name of blaſphemie, which is Eternal Rome.

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 210 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Hounds, Humors, running horses, Haukes or VVhoreWhore,
    With rule
    Hounds, Humors, running horses, Haukes or VVhoreWhore,

    George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of Babylon, he carried him away into the wilderneſſe in the ſpirit: becauſe the vvhorewhore of Babylon ſhould make the Church barren and deſolate, as a vvilderneſſe. But now …
    With rule
    … of Babylon, he carried him away into the wilderneſſe in the ſpirit: becauſe the vvhorewhore of Babylon ſhould make the Church barren and deſolate, as a vvilderneſſe. But now …

    Arthur Dent · The Ruin of Rome · p. 288 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    The Waters which this VVhoreWhore upon hath ſat,
    With rule
    The Waters which this VVhoreWhore upon hath ſat,

    John Griffith · Some Prison Meditations · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to Strangers. Thus the High-Prieſt (a Type of Chriſt) muſt not Marry a VVhoreWhore or Prophane, but a Virgin, Lev. 21.7, 13. The Spouſe is alſo full and fatted (with …
    With rule
    … to Strangers. Thus the High-Prieſt (a Type of Chriſt) muſt not Marry a VVhoreWhore or Prophane, but a Virgin, Lev. 21.7, 13. The Spouſe is alſo full and fatted (with …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … be Proteſtants ſtill, and not Papiſts, and the Whore of Babylon ſhould bee the VVhoreWhore of Babylon ſtill, and no Spouſe of Chriſt, and Antichriſt a falſe Prophet ſtill …
    With rule
    … be Proteſtants ſtill, and not Papiſts, and the Whore of Babylon ſhould bee the VVhoreWhore of Babylon ſtill, and no Spouſe of Chriſt, and Antichriſt a falſe Prophet ſtill …

    William Twisse · The Doubting Conscience Resolved · p. 113 · 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.