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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11034 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

knowenknown

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it
6,046 times in 693 works
Consistency
99.8% (6,046 of 6,055)
Reach if approved
~6,362 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: known
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6,055 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,046 changes in 693 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,046)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … madneſſe and follie. This is certaine, that euery thing is moſt perfectly manifeſted and knowenknown, by the contrarie. As for example: A man could neuer find ſo well the …
    With rule
    … madneſſe and follie. This is certaine, that euery thing is moſt perfectly manifeſted and knowenknown, by the contrarie. As for example: A man could neuer find ſo well the …

    George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … theſe woorkes, hee truelye worſhyppeth God, and hereby are the true and falſe worſhyppers knowenknown in ſonder, the true churche and the chuche of Hypocrytes, becauſe theſe woorkes fayth …
    With rule
    … theſe woorkes, hee truelye worſhyppeth God, and hereby are the true and falſe worſhyppers knowenknown in ſonder, the true churche and the chuche of Hypocrytes, becauſe theſe woorkes fayth …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ofteneimes haue euen died, and that without any naturall cause that euer coulde be knowenknown, but onely through immoderate feare▪ and the iudgement of God comming vppon them for …
    With rule
    … ofteneimes haue euen died, and that without any naturall cause that euer coulde be knowenknown, but onely through immoderate feare▪ and the iudgement of God comming vppon them for …

    Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … all Englande / and legate from the Apostolyque seate of Rome / willeth this to be knowenknown vnto all menne. In a certen cause of heresye and vpon dyuerse artycles / wherevpon …
    With rule
    … all Englande / and legate from the Apostolyque seate of Rome / willeth this to be knowenknown vnto all menne. In a certen cause of heresye and vpon dyuerse artycles / wherevpon …

    John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … was of so base linage, that neither his countrie, nor his fathers name was knowenknown. Hee hauing shoued out Leo, and his concubines ayding him thereto, wan the Popeship …
    With rule
    … was of so base linage, that neither his countrie, nor his fathers name was knowenknown. Hee hauing shoued out Leo, and his concubines ayding him thereto, wan the Popeship …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in a rashe presumption, men doe not esteeme that they have, alreadie, found and knowenknown it. Or, if neither this can be obtained of you, yet grant me that …
    With rule
    … in a rashe presumption, men doe not esteeme that they have, alreadie, found and knowenknown it. Or, if neither this can be obtained of you, yet grant me that …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … same occasiōs yet they were al deuised for difference that they myght be one knowenknown from another, as Bernardus Syluestris sayth very pretily.
    With rule
    … same occasiōs yet they were al deuised for difference that they myght be one knowenknown from another, as Bernardus Syluestris sayth very pretily.

    William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and stay of trueth, although the chiefe members thereof, and generally all that are knowenknown to be members thereof may be taken in some particular error.
    With rule
    … and stay of trueth, although the chiefe members thereof, and generally all that are knowenknown to be members thereof may be taken in some particular error.

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 68 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

  • Printed
    KnowenKnown men, iuſtfaſt men. eadem
    With rule
    KnowenKnown men, iuſtfaſt men. eadem

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · Open in the reader

Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England A04537

  • Printed
    … our ſinne juſtifie yours? 2. Neither in deed is it ſo, as you charge vs. KnowenKnown bad men we receive none at all. By bankrupts, if you meane ſuch as …
    With rule
    … our ſinne juſtifie yours? 2. Neither in deed is it ſo, as you charge vs. KnowenKnown bad men we receive none at all. By bankrupts, if you meane ſuch as …

    Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 201 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Acts A17642

  • Printed
    18 KnowenKnown from the beginning are all his workes.
    With rule
    18 KnowenKnown from the beginning are all his workes.

    John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 367 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    18. KnowenKnown from the beginning. This is a preuention to put away the hatred which might …
    With rule
    18. KnowenKnown from the beginning. This is a preuention to put away the hatred which might …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 371 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    that God is KnowenKnown naturally of all men. 1. B. 3. chap. wherto the Knowlege of God tendeth.
    With rule
    that God is KnowenKnown naturally of all men. 1. B. 3. chap. wherto the Knowlege of God tendeth.

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

  • Printed
    KnowenKnown adulterers owght not to be receiued into the myniſtery clxxvj. Nor miniſters fallen into …
    With rule
    KnowenKnown adulterers owght not to be receiued into the myniſtery clxxvj. Nor miniſters fallen into …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 A18081

  • Printed
    KnowenKnown papists not to be admitted, much les comppelled to the ſupper, 147, 148.
    With rule
    KnowenKnown papists not to be admitted, much les comppelled to the ſupper, 147, 148.

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 · Open in the reader

The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel A19666

  • Printed
    KnowenKnown for to be,
    With rule
    KnowenKnown for to be,

    Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader