Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11500 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

opēopen

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

Puritas changed it: 540 times in 239 works
Consistency: 99.2% (540 of 544)
Reach if approved: ~618 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 588 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: opē (4)
Taken into joins: 7 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (540 changes in 239 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 540)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… rule of supremacye in peaceable possession. If he reigned now in open religion, in opēopen doctrine as he did then, he woulde not stirre vp erronious opinions, he would …
With rule
… rule of supremacye in peaceable possession. If he reigned now in open religion, in opēopen doctrine as he did then, he woulde not stirre vp erronious opinions, he would …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… inſtituted by his reſurrectiō) we do no other thīg thā that we ſpeake with opēopen mouth. I remitte vnto the thy ſynnes / not of my ſelf / or by my …
With rule
… inſtituted by his reſurrectiō) we do no other thīg thā that we ſpeake with opēopen mouth. I remitte vnto the thy ſynnes / not of my ſelf / or by my …
Martin Luther · Sermon on John 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a lambe before the clypper shal he hold his peace, nether shal he once opēopen his mouth. Thus because it is his pleasure, shall he offer hym selfe vpon …
With rule
… a lambe before the clypper shal he hold his peace, nether shal he once opēopen his mouth. Thus because it is his pleasure, shall he offer hym selfe vpon …
Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath geuen you an occasion hereby, of his holie name and religion, to make opēopen profession in the world. VVhē accordyng to the testimonie of the Apostle, as a …
With rule
… hath geuen you an occasion hereby, of his holie name and religion, to make opēopen profession in the world. VVhē accordyng to the testimonie of the Apostle, as a …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader
Printed
… the light of thy ſpirite (O Lord). Doo thou what ſhall pleaſe thée, to opēopen to vs thy ſeruaunts & children, depending of thy hands, ſo muche of the lyght …
With rule
… the light of thy ſpirite (O Lord). Doo thou what ſhall pleaſe thée, to opēopen to vs thy ſeruaunts & children, depending of thy hands, ſo muche of the lyght …
Anthony Gilby · Of Election and Reprobation · Open in the reader
Printed
… beast in theyr ryght handes & foreheades, they are full of …lasphemouse names, they can opēopen theyr mouthes against god, they can speake blasphemies, they haue power of y^• great …
With rule
… beast in theyr ryght handes & foreheades, they are full of …lasphemouse names, they can opēopen theyr mouthes against god, they can speake blasphemies, they haue power of y^• great …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
Boner ought to do opēopen penaunce. 2…. a
With rule
Boner ought to do opēopen penaunce. 2…. a
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… declared the whole ſtate of this controverſy, I truſt. Yet becauſe we can never opēopen this point to much for many good vſes that it hath, I will not …
With rule
… declared the whole ſtate of this controverſy, I truſt. Yet becauſe we can never opēopen this point to much for many good vſes that it hath, I will not …
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 49 · 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.