Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11124 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

falshoodfalsehood

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

Puritas changed it: 6,469 times in 1,963 works
Consistency: 99.8% (6,469 of 6,477)
Reach if approved: ~6,813 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: falsehood
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6,484 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,469 changes in 1,963 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,469)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hearers, when they see their heresies borne downe with the strength of trueth, and falshoodfalsehood mainteined by obstinate will, and not by might of reasons, when they see the …
With rule
… hearers, when they see their heresies borne downe with the strength of trueth, and falshoodfalsehood mainteined by obstinate will, and not by might of reasons, when they see the …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
Though great falshoodfalsehood made it to be scriptured.)
With rule
Though great falshoodfalsehood made it to be scriptured.)
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 215 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and made mee to haue a liuely ſenſe of thy Truth and mine owne falſhoodfalsehood; and therefore as thou diddeſt vpon the fall of thine Apoſtle iudge him not …
With rule
… and made mee to haue a liuely ſenſe of thy Truth and mine owne falſhoodfalsehood; and therefore as thou diddeſt vpon the fall of thine Apoſtle iudge him not …
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… every houre, he continues to doe it habitually; So a man having ſubſcribed to falſhoodfalsehood, or recanted the truth publiquely, the act, though done but once, yet untill a …
With rule
… every houre, he continues to doe it habitually; So a man having ſubſcribed to falſhoodfalsehood, or recanted the truth publiquely, the act, though done but once, yet untill a …
Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hauing the word, yet wander astray, and loue darkenes more than the light, and falshoodfalsehood, heresies and lyes more than the trueth. This is a sin to be punished …
With rule
… hauing the word, yet wander astray, and loue darkenes more than the light, and falshoodfalsehood, heresies and lyes more than the trueth. This is a sin to be punished …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 420 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and incroaching, as experience hath taught vs: bribery will be ſometimes bolder then innocency, falſhoodfalsehood then truth; a man that doth more then deliberate of Rebellion (which yet a …
With rule
… and incroaching, as experience hath taught vs: bribery will be ſometimes bolder then innocency, falſhoodfalsehood then truth; a man that doth more then deliberate of Rebellion (which yet a …
Robert Harris · Gods Goodness and Mercy Laid Open · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… laies crimen falsi to your charge, per veram conuictionem, by true conuiction: hee proues falshoodfalsehood by you, by vnanswerable arguments drawne from euident circumstances, and your owne confession, and …
With rule
… laies crimen falsi to your charge, per veram conuictionem, by true conuiction: hee proues falshoodfalsehood by you, by vnanswerable arguments drawne from euident circumstances, and your owne confession, and …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we are to lay downe our lives: it is a wofull thing to find falſhoodfalsehood in him that witneſſeth the trueth: the Apoſtle Iohn, hath a comfortable ſaying of …
With rule
… we are to lay downe our lives: it is a wofull thing to find falſhoodfalsehood in him that witneſſeth the trueth: the Apoſtle Iohn, hath a comfortable ſaying of …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… be joyned in society with him, as it is written, FROM A WORD OF FALSHOODFALSEHOOD, THOV SHALT BE FARRE. And so they in Ierusalem that had a cleere conscience …
With rule
… be joyned in society with him, as it is written, FROM A WORD OF FALSHOODFALSEHOOD, THOV SHALT BE FARRE. And so they in Ierusalem that had a cleere conscience …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 92 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

Printed
FAlshoodFalsehood in judiciall acts, is diversly committed: 1. By the false and unjust accus… therefore the …
With rule
FAlshoodFalsehood in judiciall acts, is diversly committed: 1. By the false and unjust accus… therefore the …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 351 · Open in the reader

Naked popery A26962

Printed
Naked Popery; OR, THE NAKED FALSHOODFALSEHOOD Of a Book called the CATHOLICK NAKED TRUTH, OR THE Puritan Convert to Apoſtolical …
With rule
Naked Popery; OR, THE NAKED FALSHOODFALSEHOOD Of a Book called the CATHOLICK NAKED TRUTH, OR THE Puritan Convert to Apoſtolical …
Richard Baxter · Naked popery · Open in the reader

Full Vindication and Answer of the 11 Accused Members A91191

Printed
… appointed to examine the truth or falſhoodfalsehood of them; If by the Truth or FALSHOODFALSEHOOD of them, is meant the Truth or Falſehood of the Perſons, ſtiled Divers eminent …
With rule
… appointed to examine the truth or falſhoodfalsehood of them; If by the Truth or FALSHOODFALSEHOOD of them, is meant the Truth or Falſehood of the Perſons, ſtiled Divers eminent …
William Prynne · Full Vindication and Answer of the 11 Accused Members · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood A91309

Printed
TRVTH TRIVMPHING OVER FALSHOODFALSEHOOD, ANTIQVITY Over NOVELTY.
With rule
TRVTH TRIVMPHING OVER FALSHOODFALSEHOOD, ANTIQVITY Over NOVELTY.
William Prynne · Truth Triumphing Over Falsehood · Open in the reader

Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated N05401

Printed
… visible Resemblance, the Pretence and Feigning of Religion; i. e. they are Mockery, Hypocrisy, FALSHOODFALSEHOOD AND LIES; & belong not to the Kingdom of CHRIST, but of the Devil. — Let …
With rule
… visible Resemblance, the Pretence and Feigning of Religion; i. e. they are Mockery, Hypocrisy, FALSHOODFALSEHOOD AND LIES; & belong not to the Kingdom of CHRIST, but of the Devil. — Let …
Jonathan Edwards · Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated · p. 90 · Open in the reader