Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6085 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhilstwhilst

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

Puritas changed it: 91 times in 62 works
Consistency: 100% (91 of 91)
Reach if approved: ~96 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: whilst
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 91 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (91 changes in 62 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 91)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that whilſt that they, who obeyed not the word, were wonne without the word, vvhilſtwhilst they beheld the Martyrs reſolution, coupled with feare of God, and ſo devoid of …
With rule
… that whilſt that they, who obeyed not the word, were wonne without the word, vvhilſtwhilst they beheld the Martyrs reſolution, coupled with feare of God, and ſo devoid of …
George Gipps · Sermon At a Public Fast · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
Are borne withal; and that vvhilſtwhilst they ſurvive
With rule
Are borne withal; and that vvhilſtwhilst they ſurvive
George Wither · Salt Upon Salt · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhilstWhilst others in the Temples, fast, and weepe;
With rule
VVhilstWhilst others in the Temples, fast, and weepe;
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
Printed
… light gives pleaſure to the eie? this vvere ſome comfort: no, but then ſuddenly vvhilſtwhilst all ſleep ſecurely, not This day but This night.] And vvhat, this night? Is …
With rule
… light gives pleaſure to the eie? this vvere ſome comfort: no, but then ſuddenly vvhilſtwhilst all ſleep ſecurely, not This day but This night.] And vvhat, this night? Is …
Isaac Ambrose · The Last things · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvhence they made resistance, and found means to set Hannibals Tower on fire, and vvhilstwhilst the Carthaginians were busie in quenching the fire, they issued out, charged them valiantly …
With rule
… vvhence they made resistance, and found means to set Hannibals Tower on fire, and vvhilstwhilst the Carthaginians were busie in quenching the fire, they issued out, charged them valiantly …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhilſtWhilst men ſtand wondring at the glory and fooliſh luſtre of the VVorld, Oh! this …
With rule
VVhilſtWhilst men ſtand wondring at the glory and fooliſh luſtre of the VVorld, Oh! this …
Thomas Froysell · Sermons Concerning Grace and Temptations · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhilſtWhilst in their ſins they do remain,
With rule
VVhilſtWhilst in their ſins they do remain,
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 207 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhilſtWhilst, to his praiſe
With rule
VVhilſtWhilst, to his praiſe
George Wither · The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies · p. 51 · 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.