variëty

plural variëties

1. rareRare spelling of variety.

   2. Nay, every single lie is attended with such a variëty of circumstances which lead to a detection, that it is often discovered.

   1859, Epes Sargent, The Standard Third Reader for Public and Private Schools. […] (Sargent’s Standard Series.—No. 3), Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company. New York: W. I. Pooley and Company, page 87

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   Do not fuse the two sounds ie into i in such words as sociëty, variëty, &c.[…]10. The enemies of Socrates conspired to ruin him, and calumny was the means adopted for this end. The Athenians, like many other āncient nations, worshipped a great variëty of gods; but Socrates was inclined to believe that there was but one true God, the author of all things; although, from a degree of prudence, in which he erred, he deemed it best to conform, in some measure, to the superstitions of his fellow-citizens, and to conceal his real opinions.[…]3. The whole wingëd insect tribe, it is probable, are equally intent upon their proper enjoyments; and under every variëty of constitution gratified, and perhaps equally gratified, by the offices which the Author of their nature has assigned to them.

   1862, Epes Sargent, The Standard Fourth Reader for Public and Private Schools; […] (Sargent’s Standard Series.—No. 4), Boston: John L. Shorey. New York: W. I. Pooley & Co., pages 55, 113, 133

   “Petroleum lamps and pendants.—These articles of American manufacture are now having a fair sale in this city. The same is true of some variëties of gas-fixtures and nickel-plated ware.

   1878, Arguments Before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, in February and March, 1878, on House Bill 1612, to Amend the Laws Relating to Patents, Washington City: Thomas McGill & Co., page 310

   (The determination of the shape of some variëties of oranges in relation to the methods of packing, Hadar, October 1935, Vol. VIII, No. 10).

   1941, Departement van den Landbouw, Verslag, page 67

   Observations on 52 species, variëties and hybrids of ornamental Malus-species showed that those which can be grouped in the section Sorbomalus were resistent^([sic]) to scab with only one doubtful case. Table 1 shows the distribution of resistance to scab amongst 36 species and variëties.

   1949, Tijdschrift over plantenziekten, page 9

   According to everything I've ever read, it is the opposite: English is undergoing a *unification* of dialects, especially between American and British variëties.

   1996 December 11, Tom Wier, “Chinese dialect”, in sci.lang (Usenet)