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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6080 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhatsoeverwhatsoever

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

Puritas changed it
139 times in 80 works
Consistency
100% (139 of 139)
Reach if approved
~146 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: whatsoever
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
139 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (139 changes in 80 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 139)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Members is not in the Heb. vvhence ſome refer all, to all living Creatures vvhatſoeverwhatsoever, and all the parts of them vvhich God did foreſee; he knevv the numbers …
    With rule
    … Members is not in the Heb. vvhence ſome refer all, to all living Creatures vvhatſoeverwhatsoever, and all the parts of them vvhich God did foreſee; he knevv the numbers …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 293 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … tongue, that is, no bodies, becauſe every bodies, than the homebred vvords of any vvhatſoeverwhatsoever; and are taken up and forged at will, by the whole ſtock of learned …
    With rule
    … tongue, that is, no bodies, becauſe every bodies, than the homebred vvords of any vvhatſoeverwhatsoever; and are taken up and forged at will, by the whole ſtock of learned …

    Nathaniel Fairfax · Bulk and Selvage of the World · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … I know the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all Gods. VVhatsoeverWhatsoever the Lord pleaseth, that did he in Heaven and in Earth, and in all …
    With rule
    … I know the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all Gods. VVhatsoeverWhatsoever the Lord pleaseth, that did he in Heaven and in Earth, and in all …

    Benjamin Keach · God Acknowledged · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … us? To labour to perſevere and abide rightly armed againſt all temptations and trials vvhatſoeverwhatsoever, even unto the end. Hovv muſt vve doe this. Anſw. By theſe vvayes and …
    With rule
    … us? To labour to perſevere and abide rightly armed againſt all temptations and trials vvhatſoeverwhatsoever, even unto the end. Hovv muſt vve doe this. Anſw. By theſe vvayes and …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 331 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    VVHatſoeverWhatsoever Miniſterie is ſuch, as none can heare it or have any ſpirituall communion with …
    With rule
    VVHatſoeverWhatsoever Miniſterie is ſuch, as none can heare it or have any ſpirituall communion with …

    Francis Johnson · Not Lawful to Hear of Have Spiritual Communion With the Church of England · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … is ever resolved to seale vvith his best bloud, & to justifie and make good vvhatsoeverwhatsoever he shall accuse the Prelats of. Amongst the vvhich he acknovvledgeth, that he chargeth …
    With rule
    … is ever resolved to seale vvith his best bloud, & to justifie and make good vvhatsoeverwhatsoever he shall accuse the Prelats of. Amongst the vvhich he acknovvledgeth, that he chargeth …

    John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … forgiven thee, I pronounce unto thee that thou hast God favourable unto thee; and vvhatsoeverwhatsoever Christ in Baptisme and in his Gospell hath promised unto us, he doth now …
    With rule
    … forgiven thee, I pronounce unto thee that thou hast God favourable unto thee; and vvhatsoeverwhatsoever Christ in Baptisme and in his Gospell hath promised unto us, he doth now …

    James Ussher · Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland · p. 162 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … house, that he hath brought her home agayne, vnles he take from her vvholly vvhatsoeverwhatsoever he knovves to be accounted in those houses a vvhorish attyre.
    With rule
    … house, that he hath brought her home agayne, vnles he take from her vvholly vvhatsoeverwhatsoever he knovves to be accounted in those houses a vvhorish attyre.

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · 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.