Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11491 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

amōgamong

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

Puritas changed it: 873 times in 275 works
Consistency: 98.3% (873 of 888)
Reach if approved: ~933 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 888 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: amōg (15)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (873 changes in 275 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 873)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… daies do not only ſpend their time in idleneſſe (which is a ſhameful fault amōgamong Chriſtians) but alſo in all manner of euill: They put off from them the …
With rule
… daies do not only ſpend their time in idleneſſe (which is a ſhameful fault amōgamong Chriſtians) but alſo in all manner of euill: They put off from them the …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… plaineth that it was an old diſeaſe amōgamong y^e Graeciās, that they were alwaies amōgamong them-ſelues at diſcorde, and were willing to deſtroy thoſe that ſeemed to excel …
With rule
… plaineth that it was an old diſeaſe amōgamong y^e Graeciās, that they were alwaies amōgamong them-ſelues at diſcorde, and were willing to deſtroy thoſe that ſeemed to excel …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aſſemble togither in that high court of Parliament, to redreſſe thoſe euils that are amōgamong vs, either in body goods, or name: making new ſtatutes, and repeling olde, according …
With rule
… aſſemble togither in that high court of Parliament, to redreſſe thoſe euils that are amōgamong vs, either in body goods, or name: making new ſtatutes, and repeling olde, according …
John Knewstubs · Sermon Preached 1579 · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the lawe is to iuſtifie. And this is the generall opinion of mans reaſon amōgamong the Sophiſters, and throughout the whole world, that righteouſnes is gotten through the workes …
With rule
… the lawe is to iuſtifie. And this is the generall opinion of mans reaſon amōgamong the Sophiſters, and throughout the whole world, that righteouſnes is gotten through the workes …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
… and vnspeakeable sorow is it to be thought, that the famous and notable adulterer amōgamong the Corinthians was ouerwhelmed, whā at y^• cōmaūdemēt of s. Paule he was deliuered …
With rule
… and vnspeakeable sorow is it to be thought, that the famous and notable adulterer amōgamong the Corinthians was ouerwhelmed, whā at y^• cōmaūdemēt of s. Paule he was deliuered …
Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader
Printed
Let not whoredome or vnclennes be once named amōgamong you. For this ye know that no whoremonger or vncleane person hath inheritance in …
With rule
Let not whoredome or vnclennes be once named amōgamong you. For this ye know that no whoremonger or vncleane person hath inheritance in …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… as by regeneration. For the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ culleth out from amōgamong the families of worldly men those whom before hee hath predestinated, and bringeth them …
With rule
… as by regeneration. For the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ culleth out from amōgamong the families of worldly men those whom before hee hath predestinated, and bringeth them …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is to God, when we can ſo conſider and iudge of our ſelues amōgamong others, as that we value our ſelues with them as poore ſinners to be …
With rule
… it is to God, when we can ſo conſider and iudge of our ſelues amōgamong others, as that we value our ſelues with them as poore ſinners to be …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 224 · 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.