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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5920 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

levvdlewd

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

Puritas changed it
10 times in 10 works
Consistency
100% (10 of 10)
Reach if approved
~11 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: lewd
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
10 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (10 changes in 10 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 10)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … peruerting alſo things vvel ſpoken into a peruerſt meaning, and vvreſting things after their levvdlewd affections, that are ſingly and plainly vttered. They shalbe vvanton and outragious, namely in …
    With rule
    … peruerting alſo things vvel ſpoken into a peruerſt meaning, and vvreſting things after their levvdlewd affections, that are ſingly and plainly vttered. They shalbe vvanton and outragious, namely in …

    Henrich Bullinger · Of the End of the World and Judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vvho having a daughter a Virgin dravvne by the guile of panders into some levvdlewd and dishonest house, and there trimmed after the vvhorish guise doth presently rescue her …
    With rule
    … vvho having a daughter a Virgin dravvne by the guile of panders into some levvdlewd and dishonest house, and there trimmed after the vvhorish guise doth presently rescue her …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … a Clock at Night, ſeated vvith 50. or 60. of his Hearers, by fifteen or ſixteen levvdlewd Fellovvs, pretending a Warrant from one Juſtice Williams, vvho took them forthvvith avvay in …
    With rule
    … a Clock at Night, ſeated vvith 50. or 60. of his Hearers, by fifteen or ſixteen levvdlewd Fellovvs, pretending a Warrant from one Juſtice Williams, vvho took them forthvvith avvay in …

    Edward Bagshaw · The Life and Death of Vavasor Powell · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … her husband, in ſhevving loue to his friends. Shee vvill not bee like ſuch levvdlewd vviues, vvomen not vvorthy to bee vviues, vvhich hate their husbands kindred, and brovv …
    With rule
    … her husband, in ſhevving loue to his friends. Shee vvill not bee like ſuch levvdlewd vviues, vvomen not vvorthy to bee vviues, vvhich hate their husbands kindred, and brovv …

    Richard Bernard · Ruths Recompense · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … as a iust recompēce, the fruits of their … rebellion, to vvit, ignorance, blindnes, a levvdlewd vnderstanding, and in the ende iust demnation.
    With rule
    … as a iust recompēce, the fruits of their … rebellion, to vvit, ignorance, blindnes, a levvdlewd vnderstanding, and in the ende iust demnation.

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

  6. Printed
    … playeth the harlot: ſo went they in unto Aho…h and unto Aholibah the levvdlewd vvomen. And the righteous men, they …hall judge them after the maner of adultereſſes …
    With rule
    … playeth the harlot: ſo went they in unto Aho…h and unto Aholibah the levvdlewd vvomen. And the righteous men, they …hall judge them after the maner of adultereſſes …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … last place is from familiar accompanying in private conversation with men excommunicate, or of levvdlewd life worthy to be excommunicate, when neyther religion commaundeth, &c.
    With rule
    … last place is from familiar accompanying in private conversation with men excommunicate, or of levvdlewd life worthy to be excommunicate, when neyther religion commaundeth, &c.

    John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 257 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … more vvyllyngly receiued of them then the French, for all the late foolish and levvdlewd pamflettes there spred by the french in theyr ovvne fauoer and our disgrace.
    With rule
    … more vvyllyngly receiued of them then the French, for all the late foolish and levvdlewd pamflettes there spred by the french in theyr ovvne fauoer and our disgrace.

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · 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.