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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6172 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvherwher

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

Puritas changed it
14 times in 11 works
Consistency
11.2% (14 of 124)
Reach if approved
~130 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: where
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
124 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
where (110)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (14 changes in 11 works, 11.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 14)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … a fyne myrye pagent, and yow worthye to be called a Saturnyane for yt. VvherWher of thys and other proper pagētes of yours be called lawdable, we can not …
    With rule
    … a fyne myrye pagent, and yow worthye to be called a Saturnyane for yt. VvherWher of thys and other proper pagētes of yours be called lawdable, we can not …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … diſt… … A…uam ſale ſheweth: Vvho hath comaunded you this. VvherWher is it writtē. VvherWher do ye fynd it in the old church, or inſtitutiōs of the Apoſtles. Vvho …
    With rule
    … diſt… … A…uam ſale ſheweth: Vvho hath comaunded you this. VvherWher is it writtē. VvherWher do ye fynd it in the old church, or inſtitutiōs of the Apoſtles. Vvho …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Qu. 3 VVherWher hath he declared and ſet out the ſame vnto vs?
    With rule
    Qu. 3 VVherWher hath he declared and ſet out the ſame vnto vs?

    Theodore Beza · A Little Catechism 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … moſt High, whoſe Kingdome ſhalbe a perpetual Kingdome, and al Rulers ſhal ſerve it. VVherWher firſt it is to be obſerved, that the dominion of this Kingdome, shalbe of …
    With rule
    … moſt High, whoſe Kingdome ſhalbe a perpetual Kingdome, and al Rulers ſhal ſerve it. VVherWher firſt it is to be obſerved, that the dominion of this Kingdome, shalbe of …

    Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 552 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … deſtruction, the KEYS of foreign is a ſpeach allovved by God from the comon maner. VVherWher this Abyſſos or deep Pit lyeth, (that they Lie in a deep dark fiery …
    With rule
    … deſtruction, the KEYS of foreign is a ſpeach allovved by God from the comon maner. VVherWher this Abyſſos or deep Pit lyeth, (that they Lie in a deep dark fiery …

    Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    VVherWher men geue over all reſistance.
    With rule
    VVherWher men geue over all reſistance.

    Hugh Broughton · A Petition to the Lords Chancellors · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    VVHerWher you ſaie that we dallie with this worde breade, and would in the meane …
    With rule
    VVHerWher you ſaie that we dallie with this worde breade, and would in the meane …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    VvherWher vnto the lorde Cobham made this godly answere. I beleue (sayth he) fullye and …
    With rule
    VvherWher vnto the lorde Cobham made this godly answere. I beleue (sayth he) fullye and …

    John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · 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.