Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6137 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvorseworse

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

Puritas changed it: 166 times in 96 works
Consistency: 100% (166 of 166)
Reach if approved: ~174 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: worse
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 166 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (166 changes in 96 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 166)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and judge vvithout partiality; judge not the person, or cause of the distressed the vvorseworse, because of their pressure or paucity.
With rule
… and judge vvithout partiality; judge not the person, or cause of the distressed the vvorseworse, because of their pressure or paucity.
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader
Printed
… say, the biggest Sinner in the World, and be persuaded, that there is none vvorseworse than thy self; then let the Guilt of it seize on thy Heart, then …
With rule
… say, the biggest Sinner in the World, and be persuaded, that there is none vvorseworse than thy self; then let the Guilt of it seize on thy Heart, then …
John Bunyan · The Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded · Open in the reader
Printed
… one place to another, vvith an infinite number of fruitlesse superstitions and vvicked ceremonies, vvorseworse then euer those were that vvere inuented by Numa Pompilius, and dravvne from the …
With rule
… one place to another, vvith an infinite number of fruitlesse superstitions and vvicked ceremonies, vvorseworse then euer those were that vvere inuented by Numa Pompilius, and dravvne from the …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… is given to our office, as to the popish sacrificers. Do you think the vvorseworse of your self because you are called Brovv…ists? And shall the holy office …
With rule
… is given to our office, as to the popish sacrificers. Do you think the vvorseworse of your self because you are called Brovv…ists? And shall the holy office …
Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hands joyntly, into ones alone: began to vvork factions and styrrs in the churches, vvorseworse then ever before.
With rule
… hands joyntly, into ones alone: began to vvork factions and styrrs in the churches, vvorseworse then ever before.
Henry Ainsworth · Animadversion to Cliftons Advertisement · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… father of liers, because hee teacheth all others to lie. Hovve then? Was Caine vvorseworse then the deuill, because he lied and the other tolde truth. By this you …
With rule
… father of liers, because hee teacheth all others to lie. Hovve then? Was Caine vvorseworse then the deuill, because he lied and the other tolde truth. By this you …
Henry Smith · Satans Compassing the Earth · Open in the reader
Printed
… nor so vvise as the vvorld reputes him, or he himselfe. Yea, he is vvorseworse then a foole, for, saith Saint Augustine, If the Holy Ghost tearmes him a …
With rule
… nor so vvise as the vvorld reputes him, or he himselfe. Yea, he is vvorseworse then a foole, for, saith Saint Augustine, If the Holy Ghost tearmes him a …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 636 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvritten by their chief Pater Nicol Serarius vtterly deny that our L. vvēt to vvorſeworse Lodge then the fathers had. And no old Church vvent further that vvay then …
With rule
… vvritten by their chief Pater Nicol Serarius vtterly deny that our L. vvēt to vvorſeworse Lodge then the fathers had. And no old Church vvent further that vvay then …
Hugh Broughton · Positions of the Word Hades · p. 10 · 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.