Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6125 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvoewoe

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

Puritas changed it: 171 times in 73 works
Consistency: 100% (171 of 171)
Reach if approved: ~180 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: woe
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 171 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (171 changes in 73 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 171)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
VVoeWoe be to him to whom the graue is a destruction: Let therefore all men …
With rule
VVoeWoe be to him to whom the graue is a destruction: Let therefore all men …
Zacharie Boyd · The Balm of Gilead Prepared for the Sick · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to flye from the anger to come? And our Sauiour after many a fearefull vvoewoe denounced againſt them, to cry out to the ſame effect with Iohn: O ſerpents …
With rule
… to flye from the anger to come? And our Sauiour after many a fearefull vvoewoe denounced againſt them, to cry out to the ſame effect with Iohn: O ſerpents …
John Darrell · A Treatise of the Church · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of living, vvill betake himself to this shift; and readily such fall under that vvoewoe pronounced Hab. 2. against those vvho hold drink to others: Take heed to this ye …
With rule
… of living, vvill betake himself to this shift; and readily such fall under that vvoewoe pronounced Hab. 2. against those vvho hold drink to others: Take heed to this ye …
James Durham · Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments · p. 394 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of rebellions murders aſſaſſinations (vve knovv what this aimes at; but he might ſay vvoewoe to ill company) that they have hardned and harneſſed their heart (O rare thetorick …
With rule
… of rebellions murders aſſaſſinations (vve knovv what this aimes at; but he might ſay vvoewoe to ill company) that they have hardned and harneſſed their heart (O rare thetorick …
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 444 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enough that we are pardoned, and adopted for his Sake, when we deserved endless VVoeWoe and are never capable of making the least Atonement.
With rule
… enough that we are pardoned, and adopted for his Sake, when we deserved endless VVoeWoe and are never capable of making the least Atonement.
Daniel Williams · Gospel Truth Stated and Vindicated · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mouth of Chriſt himſelfe. Mat. 11 ver. 21. 23. vvher he ſaith, Woe be to thee Corazin, vvoewoe be to thee Bethſaida, for if the mightie vvorks, vvhich vvere done in you …
With rule
… mouth of Chriſt himſelfe. Mat. 11 ver. 21. 23. vvher he ſaith, Woe be to thee Corazin, vvoewoe be to thee Bethſaida, for if the mightie vvorks, vvhich vvere done in you …
John Forbes · Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:4 · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can finde no remedie for the same. This forceth vs to say with Dauid: VVoeWoe is me that I remayne in Mesech, &c.
With rule
… can finde no remedie for the same. This forceth vs to say with Dauid: VVoeWoe is me that I remayne in Mesech, &c.
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there such love in God, to become man, and to be a Sutor to vvoewoe me for my love? Surely thinks the soule then, he desires my Salvation, and …
With rule
… there such love in God, to become man, and to be a Sutor to vvoewoe me for my love? Surely thinks the soule then, he desires my Salvation, and …
Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 153 · 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.