Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6071 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvellswells

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

Puritas changed it: 81 times in 20 works
Consistency: 100% (81 of 81)
Reach if approved: ~85 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wells
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 81 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (81 changes in 20 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 81)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… uſe; it ſeems that he himſelf afterwards purchaſed ſomething belonging to the Dean of VVellsWells, intending to ſettle it on his Children; how he could ſatisfie his Conſcience ſo …
With rule
… uſe; it ſeems that he himſelf afterwards purchaſed ſomething belonging to the Dean of VVellsWells, intending to ſettle it on his Children; how he could ſatisfie his Conſcience ſo …
William Barrett · The Nonconformists Vindicated · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… certain Prebends unto the Church of VVellsWells. Moreover, he gave unto the City of VVellsWells, a Corporation, and Priviledges, which by his gift they enjoy to this day.
With rule
… certain Prebends unto the Church of VVellsWells. Moreover, he gave unto the City of VVellsWells, a Corporation, and Priviledges, which by his gift they enjoy to this day.
William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · p. 396 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVellsWells 2 Burgesses, 26 E. 1. 45 E. 3. [Cives.]
With rule
VVellsWells 2 Burgesses, 26 E. 1. 45 E. 3. [Cives.]
William Prynne · A Brief Register Part 2 · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him great Troubles, of which one was a Proſecution in the Eccleſiaſtical Court at VVellsWells. He was a fourth time conſtrained to remove, and not only to leave, but …
With rule
… him great Troubles, of which one was a Proſecution in the Eccleſiaſtical Court at VVellsWells. He was a fourth time conſtrained to remove, and not only to leave, but …
Edward Pearse · The Conformists Fourth Plea · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… VVilderneſſe: where there were twelve VVellsWells at Elohim he gave water out of the VVellsWells, Exod. 15.27. VVhere there was no water, he ſupplied them out of the Rock at …
With rule
… VVilderneſſe: where there were twelve VVellsWells at Elohim he gave water out of the VVellsWells, Exod. 15.27. VVhere there was no water, he ſupplied them out of the Rock at …
John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
Is ther not vpon vvell doing, recompence? and yf thou do not vvellswells ſyns pay is nere at the dore. Becauſe heathen ſhould not plead henſe in …
With rule
Is ther not vpon vvell doing, recompence? and yf thou do not vvellswells ſyns pay is nere at the dore. Becauſe heathen ſhould not plead henſe in …
Hugh Broughton · Our Lords Family · Open in the reader
Printed
… treasures of the clergye, and cloystermongers, and vsed straunge tyrannye amonge them: for Hugh VVellsWells bishop of Lincolne to recouer his bishopricke paide an hundred markes to the Popes …
With rule
… treasures of the clergye, and cloystermongers, and vsed straunge tyrannye amonge them: for Hugh VVellsWells bishop of Lincolne to recouer his bishopricke paide an hundred markes to the Popes …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Ely, Dr. Burnet Bishop of Salisbury, and Dr. Kidder Bishop of Bath and VVellsWells.
With rule
… of Ely, Dr. Burnet Bishop of Salisbury, and Dr. Kidder Bishop of Bath and VVellsWells.
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Mourning and Preparing Ourselves for Death · 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.