Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8427 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvowoe

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

Puritas changed it: 102 times in 69 works
Consistency: 91.0% (102 of 112)
Reach if approved: ~118 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 112 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: wo (10)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (102 changes in 69 works, 91.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 102)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… nor flatter them in their ſin; call not evil good, left you bring a vvowoe on your head for ſo doing, Iſai 5.20. Condemn not good, nor praiſe evil. Micaiah …
With rule
… nor flatter them in their ſin; call not evil good, left you bring a vvowoe on your head for ſo doing, Iſai 5.20. Condemn not good, nor praiſe evil. Micaiah …
Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 666 · Open in the reader
Printed
… puluillos sub omni cubito manus, & faciunt ceruicalia sub capite vniuersae aetatis, ad capiendas animas. VVoWoe be to all them that sowe cushens vnder the elbow of euery arme, and …
With rule
… puluillos sub omni cubito manus, & faciunt ceruicalia sub capite vniuersae aetatis, ad capiendas animas. VVoWoe be to all them that sowe cushens vnder the elbow of euery arme, and …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
Theres none can helpe, or heale our vvowoe…
With rule
Theres none can helpe, or heale our vvowoe…
William Loe · Songs of Zion · Open in the reader
Printed
… mee: Continue I pray you into that discourse concerning the vanitie and inconstancie of vvowoe…ldly things, ripe them vp, and open them wider, that I may see them …
With rule
… mee: Continue I pray you into that discourse concerning the vanitie and inconstancie of vvowoe…ldly things, ripe them vp, and open them wider, that I may see them …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of that which is reueled to vs nowadayes, & which is layde open before vs. VVoWoe be to vs therfore if we be not warned and inflamed to receyue Gods …
With rule
… of that which is reueled to vs nowadayes, & which is layde open before vs. VVoWoe be to vs therfore if we be not warned and inflamed to receyue Gods …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
12. When all the publick vvowoe …ship is ended, then ye would do according to the preceding tenth Direction; ye …
With rule
12. When all the publick vvowoe …ship is ended, then ye would do according to the preceding tenth Direction; ye …
James Durham · Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments · p. 293 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Devil is come down among you, having great Wrath. And it hath been VVoWoe to the Earth, ever since he came down upon it.
With rule
… the Devil is come down among you, having great Wrath. And it hath been VVoWoe to the Earth, ever since he came down upon it.
John Lightfoot · Remains · p. 191 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any more, you will revolt more and more. This is the sorest of Judgments. VVoWoe unto them saith the Lord, when I depart from them, Hosea, 9. 12. Of such a …
With rule
… any more, you will revolt more and more. This is the sorest of Judgments. VVoWoe unto them saith the Lord, when I depart from them, Hosea, 9. 12. Of such a …
John Owen · Testimony Unto the Goodness and Severity of God · p. 21 · 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.