Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5855 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvantwant

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

Puritas changed it: 330 times in 142 works
Consistency: 100% (330 of 330)
Reach if approved: ~347 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: want
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 330 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (330 changes in 142 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 330)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… found fault with, that hee wanted bookes; hee answered, that there could be no vvantwant of bookes, when Heauen and Earth stood before his eyes. The heauens declare the …
With rule
… found fault with, that hee wanted bookes; hee answered, that there could be no vvantwant of bookes, when Heauen and Earth stood before his eyes. The heauens declare the …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 298 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theyr hearts how wittingly they stand in disobedience against Christ: whiles he graunteth they vvantwant that holy order of ministery and government (here called the discipline) which Christ hath …
With rule
… theyr hearts how wittingly they stand in disobedience against Christ: whiles he graunteth they vvantwant that holy order of ministery and government (here called the discipline) which Christ hath …
Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Verely yee haue a fatherly care for your poore', that none of them should vvantwant. Ye count their lacke, your ovvne lack: neyther are ye lesse moued vvith theyr …
With rule
… Verely yee haue a fatherly care for your poore', that none of them should vvantwant. Ye count their lacke, your ovvne lack: neyther are ye lesse moued vvith theyr …
Thomas Becon · The Demands of Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… in laying out of the thing, may add cōmendation vnto it, it ſhal not vvantwant any grace that may bring it into loue and lyking vvith the Godly: for …
With rule
… in laying out of the thing, may add cōmendation vnto it, it ſhal not vvantwant any grace that may bring it into loue and lyking vvith the Godly: for …
Theodore Beza · The True and Visible Marks of the Catholic Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſtianitie the beſt that can be ſhaped to denyers of principles; neither was it vvantwant of skill that made the Apoſtle deny the concluſion; but Wiſedome rather to direct …
With rule
… Chriſtianitie the beſt that can be ſhaped to denyers of principles; neither was it vvantwant of skill that made the Apoſtle deny the concluſion; but Wiſedome rather to direct …
William Sclater · A Key to the Key of Scripture · p. 303 · Open in the reader
Printed
speaker A. W. Saint Bernard. Prouide that thou haue merits, for the vvantwant of them is a pernitions pouertie.
With rule
speaker A. W. Saint Bernard. Prouide that thou haue merits, for the vvantwant of them is a pernitions pouertie.
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt commyng of her. Math. 1. O depth of vviſdome, that Lots vvine, or this vvantwant shoulde be a meanes that Chriſt ſhould come of him. SISERA chiefe Captaine to …
With rule
… Chriſt commyng of her. Math. 1. O depth of vviſdome, that Lots vvine, or this vvantwant shoulde be a meanes that Chriſt ſhould come of him. SISERA chiefe Captaine to …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… reade, and alſo God ſpareth vs. 9. a line 7. at ſuch example, put in for vvantwant therof, vve are. &c. 9. b line 16. put out thus. 9. b line 18. at 20. yeeres, put …
With rule
… reade, and alſo God ſpareth vs. 9. a line 7. at ſuch example, put in for vvantwant therof, vve are. &c. 9. b line 16. put out thus. 9. b line 18. at 20. yeeres, put …
John Calvin · Thirteen Sermons on Free Election in Jacob and Reprobation in Esau · 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.