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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5936 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvetherwether

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

Puritas changed it
11 times in 10 works
Consistency
100% (11 of 11)
Reach if approved
~12 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wether
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
11 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (11 changes in 10 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 11)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    But vvetherwether thys be their grosse ouersight, or vvhether they vvink vviles agaynst religion I vvil …
    With rule
    But vvetherwether thys be their grosse ouersight, or vvhether they vvink vviles agaynst religion I vvil …

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    VVetherWether you wish be for your good or no?
    With rule
    VVetherWether you wish be for your good or no?

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Lerned & Zealous Chriſtians to aſſemble the People, by my preaching, to pray for better vvetherwether. VVhich vve & others prayed for, & obteyned: & many marked the meanes, & the event. In thoſe …
    With rule
    … Lerned & Zealous Chriſtians to aſſemble the People, by my preaching, to pray for better vvetherwether. VVhich vve & others prayed for, & obteyned: & many marked the meanes, & the event. In thoſe …

    Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    VVetherWether.
    With rule
    VVetherWether.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … degree of vvrong done them (as they think) in that point of povver, or vvetherwether they had not sufficiently acquitted themselves, and discharged there Consciences by free declaring of …
    With rule
    … degree of vvrong done them (as they think) in that point of povver, or vvetherwether they had not sufficiently acquitted themselves, and discharged there Consciences by free declaring of …

    Robert McWard · The Case of The Accommodation Proposed by the Bishop of Dunblane · p. 103 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    VvetherWether the church were before the gospell or the gospell before the church. ☜
    With rule
    VvetherWether the church were before the gospell or the gospell before the church. ☜

    William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. xiij · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … prosper al the seers, helpe hūters, purge pigges and preserue hogs, cause rain & faire vvetherwether, deliuer out of purgatory & direct gene rall coūcels. VVhat was it the masse coulde …
    With rule
    … prosper al the seers, helpe hūters, purge pigges and preserue hogs, cause rain & faire vvetherwether, deliuer out of purgatory & direct gene rall coūcels. VVhat was it the masse coulde …

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

  8. Printed
    1. VVetherWether God decreed not, that if Adam did obey, he ſhould live?
    With rule
    1. VVetherWether God decreed not, that if Adam did obey, he ſhould live?

    Thomas Helwys · Admonition Unto Congregations · p. 86 · 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.