Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6123 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvittywitty

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

Puritas changed it: 8 times in 8 works
Consistency: 100% (8 of 8)
Reach if approved: ~8 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: witty
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 8 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (8 changes in 8 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 8)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Gad & Manaſſes made no cities more of refuge: becauſe it is not recorded. The vvittywitty Aben Ezra noteth vpon Gad, Gen. 4. 9. that much is vnrecorded, vvhich Iacob ſpeaketh of …
With rule
… Gad & Manaſſes made no cities more of refuge: becauſe it is not recorded. The vvittywitty Aben Ezra noteth vpon Gad, Gen. 4. 9. that much is vnrecorded, vvhich Iacob ſpeaketh of …
Hugh Broughton · A Comment Upon Coheleth · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and imitation of the Ebrevv phraſe muſt be conſidered. And the Grace of a vvittywitty vvriter handling matters of diverse kindes, ſtandeth, (in plain matrers) in Equivocation of a …
With rule
… and imitation of the Ebrevv phraſe muſt be conſidered. And the Grace of a vvittywitty vvriter handling matters of diverse kindes, ſtandeth, (in plain matrers) in Equivocation of a …
Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… truſt I haue his meaning in plaine and beſt knowen termes. I remenber the vvittywitty Poet which taught in me youth:
With rule
… truſt I haue his meaning in plaine and beſt knowen termes. I remenber the vvittywitty Poet which taught in me youth:
John Calvin · Aphorisms of Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… but the kinds of death vvere divers and horrible; vvhatsoever the cruelty of mans vvittywitty and vvicked invention could devise for the punishment of mans body, vvas practised against …
With rule
… but the kinds of death vvere divers and horrible; vvhatsoever the cruelty of mans vvittywitty and vvicked invention could devise for the punishment of mans body, vvas practised against …
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… own perfections, either externall, how proper, ſtrong and beautifull they are; or internall, how vvittywitty and eloquent they are, vvhat excellent parts and gifts, vvhat a nimble tongue, vvhat …
With rule
… own perfections, either externall, how proper, ſtrong and beautifull they are; or internall, how vvittywitty and eloquent they are, vvhat excellent parts and gifts, vvhat a nimble tongue, vvhat …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 8-10 · p. 301 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many times our riches haue longer wings, and out-fly it. It vvas a vvittywitty obſeruation of Baſil, that vvealth roles along by a man, like as an heady …
With rule
… many times our riches haue longer wings, and out-fly it. It vvas a vvittywitty obſeruation of Baſil, that vvealth roles along by a man, like as an heady …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 702 · Open in the reader
Printed
6 Bevvare you be not bevvitched vvith their learning, parts, vvittywitty jeſts, ſociableneſs, affability, &c. and ſo conjoyn your ſelves vvith them. This vvas the …
With rule
6 Bevvare you be not bevvitched vvith their learning, parts, vvittywitty jeſts, ſociableneſs, affability, &c. and ſo conjoyn your ſelves vvith them. This vvas the …
Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 666 · Open in the reader
Printed
… full of hypocriſie, ready to hide our ſinnes from others; yea vve are ſo vvittywitty in iniquitie, that vve can behaue our ſelues ſo ſmoothly, in reſpect of the …
With rule
… full of hypocriſie, ready to hide our ſinnes from others; yea vve are ſo vvittywitty in iniquitie, that vve can behaue our ſelues ſo ſmoothly, in reſpect of the …
Henry Tozer · Directions for a Godly Life · p. 63 · 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.