Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11396 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cōmoncommon

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

Puritas changed it: 1,703 times in 521 works
Consistency: 96.2% (1,703 of 1,769)
Reach if approved: ~1,859 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,769 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: cōmon (66)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,703 changes in 521 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,703)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a fayth in Iesu Christ, to folowe the rules of his Gospel in y^t cōmoncommon christen relygyon, and not a professyon of monkery nor yet such a bastarde presthode …
With rule
… a fayth in Iesu Christ, to folowe the rules of his Gospel in y^t cōmoncommon christen relygyon, and not a professyon of monkery nor yet such a bastarde presthode …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… corrupt the electours wyth bribes and fayre promises, that he morgaged to them the cōmoncommon reuenues of the Empyre, which they enioye to this daye, and therefore the Romaine …
With rule
… corrupt the electours wyth bribes and fayre promises, that he morgaged to them the cōmoncommon reuenues of the Empyre, which they enioye to this daye, and therefore the Romaine …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… confirme them with the authoritie of the doctors. And firſt of all with that cōmoncommon ſaieng of the canoniſts, that The pope is no méete iudge euen in the …
With rule
… confirme them with the authoritie of the doctors. And firſt of all with that cōmoncommon ſaieng of the canoniſts, that The pope is no méete iudge euen in the …
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 206 · Open in the reader
Printed
… authors of erronious & traiterous bookes, … forth as wildfyre, & throwen as fyr: … into our church & cōmoncommon wealth, to kindle the sire … rebellion, but papistes? For who hath vvritten against her …
With rule
… authors of erronious & traiterous bookes, … forth as wildfyre, & throwen as fyr: … into our church & cōmoncommon wealth, to kindle the sire … rebellion, but papistes? For who hath vvritten against her …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… after y^t he was once reueyled vnto thē, for whose cause only al that cōmoncommon wealth of the Iewes was instituted & erected? What cause remayned then, that the Iewishe …
With rule
… after y^t he was once reueyled vnto thē, for whose cause only al that cōmoncommon wealth of the Iewes was instituted & erected? What cause remayned then, that the Iewishe …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… buried, y^e earth is ful of suche substance, wherfore in churchyardes, or places of cōmoncommon buriall, oftentimes ar such lightes séen, which ignorant & superstitious fooles, haue thought to be …
With rule
… buried, y^e earth is ful of suche substance, wherfore in churchyardes, or places of cōmoncommon buriall, oftentimes ar such lightes séen, which ignorant & superstitious fooles, haue thought to be …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God indure Idols? No▪ these Eagles plumes wil not brook the blending with cōmoncommon fethers: this heauenly gold scornes the mixture of base and sophisticate metalls.
With rule
… of God indure Idols? No▪ these Eagles plumes wil not brook the blending with cōmoncommon fethers: this heauenly gold scornes the mixture of base and sophisticate metalls.
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. Concerning the abundance of bleſſing which this our cōmoncommon Father hath, it appeareth to be ſufficient for all, in that Chriſt directeth all …
With rule
2. Concerning the abundance of bleſſing which this our cōmoncommon Father hath, it appeareth to be ſufficient for all, in that Chriſt directeth all …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 19 · 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.