Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11692 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

neerestnearest

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

Puritas changed it: 1,992 times in 874 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,992 of 2,000)
Reach if approved: ~2,104 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: nearest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,002 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,992 changes in 874 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,992)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for when thy ſtate is at the loweſt, then is Gods aſſiſtance at the neereſtnearest; that we may truly ſay, Gods wayes, are not as the wayes of the …
With rule
… for when thy ſtate is at the loweſt, then is Gods aſſiſtance at the neereſtnearest; that we may truly ſay, Gods wayes, are not as the wayes of the …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thee, ſeeking to ſpoile thee of all outward and inward comfort? What though thy neereſtnearest and deareſt friends doe now turne away their faces from thee, yea, hate and …
With rule
… thee, ſeeking to ſpoile thee of all outward and inward comfort? What though thy neereſtnearest and deareſt friends doe now turne away their faces from thee, yea, hate and …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… other nations, as S. Paul teacheth. The cause of more carefull separation from the neerestnearest nations, was the greatnesse of danger to be especially by them infected. Now Papists …
With rule
… other nations, as S. Paul teacheth. The cause of more carefull separation from the neerestnearest nations, was the greatnesse of danger to be especially by them infected. Now Papists …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſame, then they might, yea of neceſſity they were forced to take ſome word neereſtnearest in nature and ſenſe to their purpoſe, & ſo they might give to that word …
With rule
… ſame, then they might, yea of neceſſity they were forced to take ſome word neereſtnearest in nature and ſenſe to their purpoſe, & ſo they might give to that word …
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which doe farre differ from the ſecret'ſt hypocrite, which of all unreformed, ours come neereſtnearest them.
With rule
… which doe farre differ from the ſecret'ſt hypocrite, which of all unreformed, ours come neereſtnearest them.
Paul Baynes · Brief Directions Unto a Godly Life · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… seemes at first hard, and much about, thou shalt finde it pleasant, and the neerestnearest way to thy home.
With rule
… seemes at first hard, and much about, thou shalt finde it pleasant, and the neerestnearest way to thy home.
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and meerely morall excellencies, perfections, and endowments a woman may haue, nay (which is neerestnearest the point) other kindes of Feare she may haue, and yet be base, seruile …
With rule
… and meerely morall excellencies, perfections, and endowments a woman may haue, nay (which is neerestnearest the point) other kindes of Feare she may haue, and yet be base, seruile …
Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… That is, that unpardonable ſinne, which ſhall never be forgiven: ſo as theſe are neereſtnearest it of any other: yet not ſo, as that every one that fals into …
With rule
… That is, that unpardonable ſinne, which ſhall never be forgiven: ſo as theſe are neereſtnearest it of any other: yet not ſo, as that every one that fals into …
Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Tossed Ship Making to Safe Harbor A28624

Printed
… is darkeſt, Then comes the Day: when Trouble is Greateſt, Then is Deliverance the NeereſtNearest.
With rule
… is darkeſt, Then comes the Day: when Trouble is Greateſt, Then is Deliverance the NeereſtNearest.
Samuel Bolton · A Tossed Ship Making to Safe Harbor · p. 203 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

Printed
D. 3. NeerestNearest to sense for slight, is that which Saints in their flesh desire to be …
With rule
D. 3. NeerestNearest to sense for slight, is that which Saints in their flesh desire to be …
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
D. 2. NeerestNearest relations may besomtimes the greatest crosses to Gods Saints.
With rule
D. 2. NeerestNearest relations may besomtimes the greatest crosses to Gods Saints.
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 243 · Open in the reader
Printed
D. 11. NeerestNearest relations must part to give way to the union of marriage.
With rule
D. 11. NeerestNearest relations must part to give way to the union of marriage.
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 305 · Open in the reader
Printed
D. 4. NeerestNearest relations are apt to be most envious at each other, when preferred in any …
With rule
D. 4. NeerestNearest relations are apt to be most envious at each other, when preferred in any …
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
D. 5. NeerestNearest brothers naturally have dearest love expressed. Ver. 22.
With rule
D. 5. NeerestNearest brothers naturally have dearest love expressed. Ver. 22.
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 550 · Open in the reader