Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11081 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

endeavoursendeavors

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

Puritas changed it: 11,699 times in 2,805 works
Consistency: 99.9% (11,699 of 11,700)
Reach if approved: ~12,297 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 11,703 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (11,699 changes in 2,805 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 11,699)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that love of God then felt to support themselves, and withall to stirre up endeavoursendeavors, and hope; that finding it not so well with them now as formerly it …
With rule
… that love of God then felt to support themselves, and withall to stirre up endeavoursendeavors, and hope; that finding it not so well with them now as formerly it …
Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 289 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and all his threatnings and promiſes ſhould be in vaine. So alſo all the endeavoursendeavors of holy and devout men, who through his grace ſtrive to the maſterdome of …
With rule
… and all his threatnings and promiſes ſhould be in vaine. So alſo all the endeavoursendeavors of holy and devout men, who through his grace ſtrive to the maſterdome of …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſignifie, that hee ſhall not walke there againſt his will: but that he endeavoursendeavors, and uſeth the beſt meanes he can, that hee may walke there. For indeed …
With rule
… to ſignifie, that hee ſhall not walke there againſt his will: but that he endeavoursendeavors, and uſeth the beſt meanes he can, that hee may walke there. For indeed …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee doe carefully ſet apart ſome ſolemne times, when we may uſe our beſt endeavoursendeavors to prove our ſelves whether we be in the faith.
With rule
… wee doe carefully ſet apart ſome ſolemne times, when we may uſe our beſt endeavoursendeavors to prove our ſelves whether we be in the faith.
Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 284 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into his royall heart ſiniſter opinions againſt his beſt ſubjects, and traduce their beſt endeavoursendeavors, & pervert their words to contrary meanings, and make their poore brother a prey for …
With rule
… into his royall heart ſiniſter opinions againſt his beſt ſubjects, and traduce their beſt endeavoursendeavors, & pervert their words to contrary meanings, and make their poore brother a prey for …
John Bastwick · More Full Answer to Exceptions · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the edge of mens good desires, and to beat them off from all religious endeavoursendeavors. No, they presse upon men ever whilst they are unconverted, the necessity and profitablenesse …
With rule
… the edge of mens good desires, and to beat them off from all religious endeavoursendeavors. No, they presse upon men ever whilst they are unconverted, the necessity and profitablenesse …
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
But againe. Thirdlie, it will bee obiected, I but, al…s, what can the endeavoursendeavors or the prai e…s of a weake man doe? can they change the …
With rule
But againe. Thirdlie, it will bee obiected, I but, al…s, what can the endeavoursendeavors or the prai e…s of a weake man doe? can they change the …
John Preston · The Saints Daily Exercise · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
Fourthly, he graunts in these his playn endeavoursendeavors, that Rome is Babylon, and that the H. Ghost so calls it, and applyes …
With rule
Fourthly, he graunts in these his playn endeavoursendeavors, that Rome is Babylon, and that the H. Ghost so calls it, and applyes …
John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 288 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

Printed
ENdeavoursEndeavors for an Agreement among Christians, will be grievous to none who deſire the flouriſhing …
With rule
ENdeavoursEndeavors for an Agreement among Christians, will be grievous to none who deſire the flouriſhing …
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 468 · Open in the reader