Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8191 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvelwell

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 151 times in 78 works
Consistency: 98.0% (151 of 154)
Reach if approved: ~162 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: well
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 154 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: wel (3)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (151 changes in 78 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 151)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… at the firſt bluſh, that the death of Chriſt ſhould be the cauſe and vvelwell-ſpring of life. But in regard hee indured the puniſhment due to our offences …
With rule
… at the firſt bluſh, that the death of Chriſt ſhould be the cauſe and vvelwell-ſpring of life. But in regard hee indured the puniſhment due to our offences …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 556 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the old Teſtament vvith his familie, and † al his males muſt be circumciſed, as vvelwell as himſelf. Why admit you not that the Proſelytes of Antichriſtianiſme (as you call …
With rule
… the old Teſtament vvith his familie, and † al his males muſt be circumciſed, as vvelwell as himſelf. Why admit you not that the Proſelytes of Antichriſtianiſme (as you call …
Richard Clifton · The Plea for Infants and Elder People Concerning their Baptism · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it be of a ſpirituall nature, yet ſuch as is onely neceſſary to the vvelwell-being of a Beleever, as ſpirituall gifts, yea, and the degrees of grace are …
With rule
… it be of a ſpirituall nature, yet ſuch as is onely neceſſary to the vvelwell-being of a Beleever, as ſpirituall gifts, yea, and the degrees of grace are …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 339 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Scotlād to be published altogither in the English phrase & orthographie. For the language is vvelwell enough knovvne to our cū treymē: And the chief cause of my translating it …
With rule
… Scotlād to be published altogither in the English phrase & orthographie. For the language is vvelwell enough knovvne to our cū treymē: And the chief cause of my translating it …
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · Open in the reader
Printed
… is to say, should continually be taught and exercised though it vvere neuer so vvelwell knovvne before.
With rule
… is to say, should continually be taught and exercised though it vvere neuer so vvelwell knovvne before.
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · Open in the reader
Printed
… die, and dwine awaye. It ſhould not bee ſo: For it vvill not bee vvelwell vvith them, and they vvere Kinges, Lordes, or Earles, vvhen they gette the benefites …
With rule
… die, and dwine awaye. It ſhould not bee ſo: For it vvill not bee vvelwell vvith them, and they vvere Kinges, Lordes, or Earles, vvhen they gette the benefites …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvord Rule, sayth they are not caled Rulers archontes, but prohistamenoi. He might as vvelwell have sayd, neyther ar they caled Overseers but Episcopoi, nor Leaders, but hegoumenoi, nor …
With rule
… vvord Rule, sayth they are not caled Rulers archontes, but prohistamenoi. He might as vvelwell have sayd, neyther ar they caled Overseers but Episcopoi, nor Leaders, but hegoumenoi, nor …
Henry Ainsworth · A Defense of the Holy Scriptures · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… randome, as not knovving vvhich day of the 7. God meante, for they knevv it vvelwell, like as if God ſhold ſay, Remember Saturday: is it vncertaine vvhich day of …
With rule
… randome, as not knovving vvhich day of the 7. God meante, for they knevv it vvelwell, like as if God ſhold ſay, Remember Saturday: is it vncertaine vvhich day of …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 72 · 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.