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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5924 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

matthevvmatthew

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

Puritas changed it
49 times in 30 works
Consistency
100% (49 of 49)
Reach if approved
~53 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: matthew
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
50 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (49 changes in 30 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 49)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to the home-comming of the firſt companie of women: It is written by MATTHEVVMATTHEW and MARKE, that when they had receiued direction of the Angell, They returned home …
    With rule
    … to the home-comming of the firſt companie of women: It is written by MATTHEVVMATTHEW and MARKE, that when they had receiued direction of the Angell, They returned home …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 298 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    MATTHEVVMATTHEW. M.
    With rule
    MATTHEVVMATTHEW. M.

    Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 363 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    MATTHEVVMATTHEW. 6. 19.
    With rule
    MATTHEVVMATTHEW. 6. 19.

    William Burton · The Christians Heavenly Treasure · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    MATTHEVVMATTHEW 10. 22.
    With rule
    MATTHEVVMATTHEW 10. 22.

    Johannes Appelius · The Right Christianly Departure of Earl of Hanaw · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    By MATTHEVVMATTHEW NEVVCOMEN, M. A. late Preacher of the Goſpel to the Church of Chriſt at …
    With rule
    By MATTHEVVMATTHEW NEVVCOMEN, M. A. late Preacher of the Goſpel to the Church of Chriſt at …

    Matthew Newcomen · Last Farewell to a Beloved People · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    IN Maſter Ward's Comentary on MatthevvMatthew, p. 200. this is purged out: Queſt. Hovv many ends are there in the performance …
    With rule
    IN Maſter Ward's Comentary on MatthevvMatthew, p. 200. this is purged out: Queſt. Hovv many ends are there in the performance …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 346 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    By MATTHEVVMATTHEW NEVVCOMEN, Preacher of the Goſpel at Dedham in Eſſex.
    With rule
    By MATTHEVVMATTHEW NEVVCOMEN, Preacher of the Goſpel at Dedham in Eſſex.

    Matthew Newcomen · The Duty of Such as Would Walk Worthy of the Gospel · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … note (and leaue it to be obſerved and conſidered by the Reader): that where MatthevvMatthew hath, eis to onoma tou patros, &c. into the name of the Father &c …
    With rule
    … note (and leaue it to be obſerved and conſidered by the Reader): that where MatthevvMatthew hath, eis to onoma tou patros, &c. into the name of the Father &c …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 146 · 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.