Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5945 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvorstworst

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

Puritas changed it: 74 times in 52 works
Consistency: 100% (74 of 74)
Reach if approved: ~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: worst
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 74 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (74 changes in 52 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 74)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… medicine, he is the vvorſtworst phiſition that can be, and his phiſicke is the vvorſtworst phiſicke in the vvorld, for he vvill ſure enough giue them that, that ſhall …
With rule
… medicine, he is the vvorſtworst phiſition that can be, and his phiſicke is the vvorſtworst phiſicke in the vvorld, for he vvill ſure enough giue them that, that ſhall …
John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… being all along very rigid towards this holy man, very apt to put the vvorſtworst conſtructions upon doubtfull paſſages, and ſometimes ill ones upon thoſe vvhich are plainly good.
With rule
… being all along very rigid towards this holy man, very apt to put the vvorſtworst conſtructions upon doubtfull paſſages, and ſometimes ill ones upon thoſe vvhich are plainly good.
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 8-10 · p. 270 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Allegiance to God, he doth, as it vvere, dare God to do his vvorstworst, for you thereby vvish some heavy plague to fall upon your heads, if you …
With rule
… of Allegiance to God, he doth, as it vvere, dare God to do his vvorstworst, for you thereby vvish some heavy plague to fall upon your heads, if you …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 709 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpirits, an alluring vvorld, a ſerpentine and ſtubborne nature: Force and fraud doe their vvorſtworst to vs; ſometimes becauſe they are ſpirituall enemies, I ſee them not, and complaine …
With rule
… ſpirits, an alluring vvorld, a ſerpentine and ſtubborne nature: Force and fraud doe their vvorſtworst to vs; ſometimes becauſe they are ſpirituall enemies, I ſee them not, and complaine …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 323 · Open in the reader
Printed
… War: For War as it is ſometimes neceſſary, ſo it is alvvayes evil, the vvorſtworst of all remedies that can be thought on; for if fighting and killing in …
With rule
… War: For War as it is ſometimes neceſſary, ſo it is alvvayes evil, the vvorſtworst of all remedies that can be thought on; for if fighting and killing in …
Edward Terry · A Character of his Most Sacred Majesty King Charles II · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ovvn Conscience knovv that these marks of Antichrist can not be found amongst the vvorstworst of our ministers. For neyther do the lavves of our Church allovv any to …
With rule
… ovvn Conscience knovv that these marks of Antichrist can not be found amongst the vvorstworst of our ministers. For neyther do the lavves of our Church allovv any to …
Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſickneſses that can come to a man, the ſickneſse of foull luſt is the vvorſtworst and moſt conſuming ſickneſse: another ſickneſse may well waſte the moiſture of the bodie …
With rule
… ſickneſses that can come to a man, the ſickneſse of foull luſt is the vvorſtworst and moſt conſuming ſickneſse: another ſickneſse may well waſte the moiſture of the bodie …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſanctified time for Sabbath dueties, and to be obſerued in conſcience. And vvhich is vvorſtworst of all, this time, collected by their vaine conſequences out of this Text, vvherein …
With rule
… ſanctified time for Sabbath dueties, and to be obſerued in conſcience. And vvhich is vvorſtworst of all, this time, collected by their vaine conſequences out of this Text, vvherein …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 228 · 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.