Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11211 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

behauiourbehavior

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

Puritas changed it: 2,542 times in 529 works
Consistency: 99.4% (2,542 of 2,555)
Reach if approved: ~2,685 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: behaviour
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,555 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,542 changes in 529 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,542)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… any droppe of grace, which delighteth and ſporteth himſelfe, at the lewde and wanton behauiourbehavior of other men. Iudge deare brethren theſe Cockbraines, which can not be merrie, but …
With rule
… any droppe of grace, which delighteth and ſporteth himſelfe, at the lewde and wanton behauiourbehavior of other men. Iudge deare brethren theſe Cockbraines, which can not be merrie, but …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 211 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Word is ready to come forth: thy ſmell is odoriferous, thine outward carriage and behauiourbehavior ſweete amiable, and full of grace.
With rule
… Word is ready to come forth: thy ſmell is odoriferous, thine outward carriage and behauiourbehavior ſweete amiable, and full of grace.
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would haue all men ruled by him; whereas the trueth is, (and as his behauiourbehavior among you ſhewes it, vnleſſe you be willfully, and ſtarke blinde) that hee wholly …
With rule
… would haue all men ruled by him; whereas the trueth is, (and as his behauiourbehavior among you ſhewes it, vnleſſe you be willfully, and ſtarke blinde) that hee wholly …
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… times, O manners! now Profeſſion is become loathſome, and, to ſay the truth, the behauiourbehavior of many is ſuch, that it would make an vnſettled man call into queſtion …
With rule
… times, O manners! now Profeſſion is become loathſome, and, to ſay the truth, the behauiourbehavior of many is ſuch, that it would make an vnſettled man call into queſtion …
Robert Harris · Pauls Confidence · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo that they ſhall not breake forth into outrage and notorious euils in the behauiourbehavior. A fift, is a power to heare the word with ioy, and to ſeeme …
With rule
… ſo that they ſhall not breake forth into outrage and notorious euils in the behauiourbehavior. A fift, is a power to heare the word with ioy, and to ſeeme …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… though the cauſes be iuſt. Eccle. 9. 4. Iere. 4. 2. The ſecond thing is, with all reuerent behauiourbehavior in the action it ſelfe, to haue a ſincere and vpright hart, as wel …
With rule
… though the cauſes be iuſt. Eccle. 9. 4. Iere. 4. 2. The ſecond thing is, with all reuerent behauiourbehavior in the action it ſelfe, to haue a ſincere and vpright hart, as wel …
Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… to growe into suche outrage against their Christian Brethren, seeyng in outwarde semblaunce and behauiourbehavior, they doe so cour…giously braue them selues vpon the meekenesse of Christe, vpon …
With rule
… to growe into suche outrage against their Christian Brethren, seeyng in outwarde semblaunce and behauiourbehavior, they doe so cour…giously braue them selues vpon the meekenesse of Christe, vpon …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… worshipping and doing sacrifice to Ceres and Bacchus, when the wicked infidells sawe their behauiourbehavior towardes the holy Hoste: whether it was not vsed in working of miracles, in …
With rule
… worshipping and doing sacrifice to Ceres and Bacchus, when the wicked infidells sawe their behauiourbehavior towardes the holy Hoste: whether it was not vsed in working of miracles, in …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 304 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Praise of a Godly Woman A01431

Printed
… Deeds, Visitations, Inuitations, and by other offices of courtesies and Hospitalities, that Her Amiable BehauiourBehavior was a powerfull Meanes, an attractiue Load-stone to draw vnto Her the hearts …
With rule
… Deeds, Visitations, Inuitations, and by other offices of courtesies and Hospitalities, that Her Amiable BehauiourBehavior was a powerfull Meanes, an attractiue Load-stone to draw vnto Her the hearts …
Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Exposition on John 5 A01972

Printed
BehauiourBehavior: that it be modeſt, humble, and lowly: as ſtanding in their maſters preſence, 2 King …
With rule
BehauiourBehavior: that it be modeſt, humble, and lowly: as ſtanding in their maſters preſence, 2 King …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 83 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ecclesiastes A02031

Printed
BehauiourBehavior before great men. 203. 204.
With rule
BehauiourBehavior before great men. 203. 204.
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

Printed
… And this Trinitie is the Vnitie or Onenesse, the Beeër or Vnderstanding, and the BehauiourBehavior of them both, wherby the Vnitie is the Vnitie of the Vnderstanding, and the …
With rule
… And this Trinitie is the Vnitie or Onenesse, the Beeër or Vnderstanding, and the BehauiourBehavior of them both, wherby the Vnitie is the Vnitie of the Vnderstanding, and the …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by way of relation, so as there is a Father, a Sonne, and a BehauiourBehavior of thē both, which we would haue called the Loue, the Union, or the …
With rule
… by way of relation, so as there is a Father, a Sonne, and a BehauiourBehavior of thē both, which we would haue called the Loue, the Union, or the …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 92 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
A holy feare of the heart towardes God, witnessed by all seemely BehauiourBehavior, Gesture, Attire, Countenance, Attention, and such like. Psalm. 2, 11. Serue the Lord with Reuerence. Mal …
With rule
A holy feare of the heart towardes God, witnessed by all seemely BehauiourBehavior, Gesture, Attire, Countenance, Attention, and such like. Psalm. 2, 11. Serue the Lord with Reuerence. Mal …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 406 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
BehauiourBehavior of the godly in their calamities. 300
With rule
BehauiourBehavior of the godly in their calamities. 300
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ A20559

Printed
BehauiourBehavior of a chriſtian. 54
With rule
BehauiourBehavior of a chriſtian. 54
John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
SALOMONS ETHICKS, OR GOVERNMENT OF BehauiourBehavior and Manners. THE FIRST BOOKE. FELICITY.
With rule
SALOMONS ETHICKS, OR GOVERNMENT OF BehauiourBehavior and Manners. THE FIRST BOOKE. FELICITY.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 207 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
BehauiourBehavior in readyng Scriptures and Doctours. 106. b
With rule
BehauiourBehavior in readyng Scriptures and Doctours. 106. b
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader