Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11459 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

steedesteed

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

Puritas changed it: 913 times in 250 works
Consistency: 99.8% (913 of 914)
Reach if approved: ~960 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: steed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 914 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (913 changes in 250 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 913)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he would haue vs to knowe that it was for them, or in their ſteedesteed, who by reaſon of their ſinnes, deferued to be forſaken of God.
With rule
… he would haue vs to knowe that it was for them, or in their ſteedesteed, who by reaſon of their ſinnes, deferued to be forſaken of God.
Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of attonement, to be as his Ambassadors to pray, and beseech men in Christ steedesteed, that they would be reconciled to God, whereby they might be saued.
With rule
… of attonement, to be as his Ambassadors to pray, and beseech men in Christ steedesteed, that they would be reconciled to God, whereby they might be saued.
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from hys fathers ordinaū ces, whiche was hired for the purpoſe, put in hys ſteedesteed in the tente an other poore man, which chaunſed to be ſlayn for him …
With rule
… from hys fathers ordinaū ces, whiche was hired for the purpoſe, put in hys ſteedesteed in the tente an other poore man, which chaunſed to be ſlayn for him …
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader
Printed
… cutteth his feete, feeleth great paine, or as hee who ſuppeth in poyſon in ſteedesteed of drinke, is in great daunger of death and much troubled: ſo, he who …
With rule
… cutteth his feete, feeleth great paine, or as hee who ſuppeth in poyſon in ſteedesteed of drinke, is in great daunger of death and much troubled: ſo, he who …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Miniſter being onely called of God, to be his Ambaſſador, to be in ſteedesteed of Chriſt to beſeeche vs to be reconciled vnto God, 2. Cor. 5.20. it remayneth that …
With rule
… the Miniſter being onely called of God, to be his Ambaſſador, to be in ſteedesteed of Chriſt to beſeeche vs to be reconciled vnto God, 2. Cor. 5.20. it remayneth that …
Dudley Fenner · The Whole Doctrine of the Sacraments · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Apostles were Bishops. Likewise where Augustine sayth, that the Bishoppes were made in steedesteed of the Apostles, it rather proueth that the Apostles, were no Bishoppes, for then …
With rule
… the Apostles were Bishops. Likewise where Augustine sayth, that the Bishoppes were made in steedesteed of the Apostles, it rather proueth that the Apostles, were no Bishoppes, for then …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 233 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them, being but her meaneſt poſſeſſion. If they be pulled from her, and in ſteedesteed of them there be pouertie, diſhonor, infamie, and reproch: yet ſhee is not caſt …
With rule
… them, being but her meaneſt poſſeſſion. If they be pulled from her, and in ſteedesteed of them there be pouertie, diſhonor, infamie, and reproch: yet ſhee is not caſt …
George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſupply vnbidden; yet ſo far hath the charge of Chriſts mother preuailed, that in ſteedesteed of carrying flagons of wine to the table, they goe to fetch pailesfull of …
With rule
… ſupply vnbidden; yet ſo far hath the charge of Chriſts mother preuailed, that in ſteedesteed of carrying flagons of wine to the table, they goe to fetch pailesfull of …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 466 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.