Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11639 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnspeakeableunspeakable

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

Puritas changed it: 1,222 times in 432 works
Consistency: 99.7% (1,222 of 1,225)
Reach if approved: ~1,287 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unspeakable
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,225 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,222 changes in 432 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,222)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… aſſured of Gods fauour and loue towards him, for euer admire the mightie power vnſpeakeableunspeakable goodnes, and rich mercie of God, who hath deliuered him from the pit of …
With rule
… aſſured of Gods fauour and loue towards him, for euer admire the mightie power vnſpeakeableunspeakable goodnes, and rich mercie of God, who hath deliuered him from the pit of …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the other side momentanie benefites, when the hurt which they drawe after them is vnspeakeableunspeakable, are not at all to be respected. This rule is the ground whereupon the …
With rule
… the other side momentanie benefites, when the hurt which they drawe after them is vnspeakeableunspeakable, are not at all to be respected. This rule is the ground whereupon the …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the firſt Aſſertion before hath appeared. Whence manifeſtly it is com to paſſe, that 3. vnſpeakeableunspeakable evills do raigne among vs. Firſt a generall impeachment & wracke of the ſoules health …
With rule
… the firſt Aſſertion before hath appeared. Whence manifeſtly it is com to paſſe, that 3. vnſpeakeableunspeakable evills do raigne among vs. Firſt a generall impeachment & wracke of the ſoules health …
Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · Open in the reader
Printed
… feeling of our wantes by the worke of the holy Ghoſt to craue with vnſpeakeableunspeakable ſighes and groninges. Rom. 8. 26. 27. Iam. 5. 16. This ſhutteth out, none or verie little feeling of …
With rule
… feeling of our wantes by the worke of the holy Ghoſt to craue with vnſpeakeableunspeakable ſighes and groninges. Rom. 8. 26. 27. Iam. 5. 16. This ſhutteth out, none or verie little feeling of …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpirit, whiche is the ſpirit of Faith and perſwadeth our conſciences to beleeue the vnſpeakeableunspeakable goodneſſe and mercie of God towards vs in Chriſt Ieſus, is alſo the ſpirit …
With rule
… ſpirit, whiche is the ſpirit of Faith and perſwadeth our conſciences to beleeue the vnſpeakeableunspeakable goodneſſe and mercie of God towards vs in Chriſt Ieſus, is alſo the ſpirit …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such sinnes as are against the maiestie of God, accompanied with euerlasting confusion, and vnspeakeableunspeakable torments: wherein what doeth the most part of men bewray, but their great hipocrisie …
With rule
… such sinnes as are against the maiestie of God, accompanied with euerlasting confusion, and vnspeakeableunspeakable torments: wherein what doeth the most part of men bewray, but their great hipocrisie …
Richard Greenham · Godly Exhortation and Fruitful Admonition to Virtuous Parents · Open in the reader
Printed
… will reioyce, &c.) This draweth from vs ioy in the holy Ghoſt, glorious and vnſpeakeableunspeakable.
With rule
… will reioyce, &c.) This draweth from vs ioy in the holy Ghoſt, glorious and vnſpeakeableunspeakable.
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… true feare and loue of God, that they may be partakers also of that vnspeakeableunspeakable comfort & ioy of that conjunction with themselues, and so haue true life in them …
With rule
… true feare and loue of God, that they may be partakers also of that vnspeakeableunspeakable comfort & ioy of that conjunction with themselues, and so haue true life in them …
William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 86 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Model of Divinity A15824

Printed
A. VnſpeakeableUnspeakable, for while our head is ſo highly magnified, and made Lord of all, wee …
With rule
A. VnſpeakeableUnspeakable, for while our head is ſo highly magnified, and made Lord of all, wee …
John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 243 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
… Chriſte and his diſciples, were horriblie deſtroyed & that worthily too, for their villanous iniurie. VnſpeakeableUnspeakable are the euills which y^e church of Chriſt did fuffer in thoſe 10 moſt bloudie …
With rule
… Chriſte and his diſciples, were horriblie deſtroyed & that worthily too, for their villanous iniurie. VnſpeakeableUnspeakable are the euills which y^e church of Chriſt did fuffer in thoſe 10 moſt bloudie …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 291 · Open in the reader

The Pattern of Wholesome Words A17400

Printed
3. VnspeakeableUnspeakable charitie; our hearts being fild with al those affections, that are now any way …
With rule
3. VnspeakeableUnspeakable charitie; our hearts being fild with al those affections, that are now any way …
Nicholas Byfield · The Pattern of Wholesome Words · p. 501 · Open in the reader