Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8901 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvaiesways

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

Puritas changed it: 113 times in 53 works
Consistency: 95.7% (113 of 118)
Reach if approved: ~124 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ways
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 118 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: waies (5)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (113 changes in 53 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 113)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
My vvaiesways to sett in right
With rule
My vvaiesways to sett in right
William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
AFter these two vvaiesways then, and the same being cleane diuerse one from another, shall the last ende …
With rule
AFter these two vvaiesways then, and the same being cleane diuerse one from another, shall the last ende …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… by imputation, as iust; especially considering that euill is made more easilie, and more vvaiesways then good. M. Per… ansvvere is, that vve may say Christ vvas a sinner …
With rule
… by imputation, as iust; especially considering that euill is made more easilie, and more vvaiesways then good. M. Per… ansvvere is, that vve may say Christ vvas a sinner …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 189 · Open in the reader
Printed
There bee tvvo vvaiesways then of curing this feare of Death: 1. The one is by contemplation: 2. The other …
With rule
There bee tvvo vvaiesways then of curing this feare of Death: 1. The one is by contemplation: 2. The other …
Nicholas Byfield · The Cure of the Fear of Death · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Amaziah a man in the beginning of his raigne, that walked outwardly in the vvaiesways of God, and was for other matters a good and valiant prince, when hee …
With rule
… Amaziah a man in the beginning of his raigne, that walked outwardly in the vvaiesways of God, and was for other matters a good and valiant prince, when hee …
John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of thoſe that periſh for vvant of addreſs nnto vviſdom; vvhich in all the vvaiesways of humane and divine Learning might bee mainly advanced, by the induſtrie of one …
With rule
… of thoſe that periſh for vvant of addreſs nnto vviſdom; vvhich in all the vvaiesways of humane and divine Learning might bee mainly advanced, by the induſtrie of one …
John Dury · The Reformed Library Keeper · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one of the parts of Gods ſeruice: Therefore I will briefely touch the generall vvaiesways of offending in the manner of any worſhip of God, & then more ſpecially reckon …
With rule
… one of the parts of Gods ſeruice: Therefore I will briefely touch the generall vvaiesways of offending in the manner of any worſhip of God, & then more ſpecially reckon …
Nicholas Byfield · The Beginning of the Doctrine of Christ · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for vs to immitate and follovv, and it may ſtand vs in ſteed many vvaiesways, for firſt it teacheth vs to take heede that vve be not dravven avvay …
With rule
… for vs to immitate and follovv, and it may ſtand vs in ſteed many vvaiesways, for firſt it teacheth vs to take heede that vve be not dravven avvay …
William Burton · God Wooing His Church · p. 62 · 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.