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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6030 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

tovvardtoward

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

Puritas changed it
62 times in 33 works
Consistency
100% (62 of 62)
Reach if approved
~65 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: toward
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
62 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (62 changes in 33 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 62)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Beaſtes both vpon Sea and Land, is inough to condemn our ignorance and vnthankefulneſſe tovvardtoward him. 801. b 10.
    With rule
    … Beaſtes both vpon Sea and Land, is inough to condemn our ignorance and vnthankefulneſſe tovvardtoward him. 801. b 10.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Ephesians thus. Go… hath shovved great riches to the age comming through his mercy tovvardtoward… vs in Christ Iesus, For ye are saued only by faith, and that not …
    With rule
    … Ephesians thus. Go… hath shovved great riches to the age comming through his mercy tovvardtoward… vs in Christ Iesus, For ye are saued only by faith, and that not …

    Henrich Bullinger · Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ved of her friend, yet an adultereſse) according to the loue of the Lord tovvardtoward the …ildren of Iſraell, who look to other Gods, and loue flagons of vvine …
    With rule
    … ved of her friend, yet an adultereſse) according to the loue of the Lord tovvardtoward the …ildren of Iſraell, who look to other Gods, and loue flagons of vvine …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 81 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … vp his compassion from him, hovv dvvelleth the loue of God in him? Vnmercifulnesse tovvardtoward the poore, vvas one of the chiefe causes, vvhy that florishing and to much …
    With rule
    … vp his compassion from him, hovv dvvelleth the loue of God in him? Vnmercifulnesse tovvardtoward the poore, vvas one of the chiefe causes, vvhy that florishing and to much …

    Thomas Becon · The Demands of Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … made them nevv men in loue and loyallty to vs: so do our deserts tovvardtoward them hither vnto, & theyr need of our help henceforth, make them vvholly ours & vndoubtedly …
    With rule
    … made them nevv men in loue and loyallty to vs: so do our deserts tovvardtoward them hither vnto, & theyr need of our help henceforth, make them vvholly ours & vndoubtedly …

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

  6. Printed
    … the line. If you had named the South Continent for South, and the Iles tovvardtoward the Northerne Pole for North, or else Cathay, vvee had better allovved thereof. But …
    With rule
    … the line. If you had named the South Continent for South, and the Iles tovvardtoward the Northerne Pole for North, or else Cathay, vvee had better allovved thereof. But …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 199 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of a Church eſtablished vvith Officers. For vvhich alſo ſee the Treatiſe on Mat. 18.17. tovvardtoward the end thereof. And novv read the anſvver of the foreſayd letters and objections …
    With rule
    … of a Church eſtablished vvith Officers. For vvhich alſo ſee the Treatiſe on Mat. 18.17. tovvardtoward the end thereof. And novv read the anſvver of the foreſayd letters and objections …

    Francis Johnson · Concerning a Book by Christopher Lawne · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ships in a safe Road he manned his Frigate and tvvo Pinnaces, and vvent tovvardtoward Rio Francisco, vvhere for vvant of vvater he left his Frigate commanded by Robert …
    With rule
    … ships in a safe Road he manned his Frigate and tvvo Pinnaces, and vvent tovvardtoward Rio Francisco, vvhere for vvant of vvater he left his Frigate commanded by Robert …

    Samuel Clarke · The Life and Death of Sir Francis Drake · p. 19 · 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.