Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1213 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lesseless

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 54,194 times in 3,718 works
Consistency: 99.9% (54,194 of 54,201)
Reach if approved: ~56,967 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: less
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 54,217 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: 7 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (54,194 changes in 3,718 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 54,194)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he fell downe. And there shall aryse an yssue out of the roote of lesseless. &c. And lest the Iewes may cauill, that these speaches do nothing concerne them …
With rule
… he fell downe. And there shall aryse an yssue out of the roote of lesseless. &c. And lest the Iewes may cauill, that these speaches do nothing concerne them …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee. The auncient churche in deede, nameth Aulters and sacrificyng, but they meaned nothyng lesseless, then suche Aulters and sacrifices, as the Papistes vse. For the fashione of their …
With rule
… wee. The auncient churche in deede, nameth Aulters and sacrificyng, but they meaned nothyng lesseless, then suche Aulters and sacrifices, as the Papistes vse. For the fashione of their …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with God, in the meane of our saluation: but herein the false Apostles were lesseless hurtfull, that they ioyned the workes of the lawe which God himselfe required, the …
With rule
… with God, in the meane of our saluation: but herein the false Apostles were lesseless hurtfull, that they ioyned the workes of the lawe which God himselfe required, the …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the Apoſtle Paul, We are not ſufficient of our ſelues to thinke (much leſſeless to doe) any thing as of our ſelues but our ſufficiency is of God …
With rule
… with the Apoſtle Paul, We are not ſufficient of our ſelues to thinke (much leſſeless to doe) any thing as of our ſelues but our ſufficiency is of God …
Samuel Balmford · The Right Way to Go to Work · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… grace him, who well vſeth the light of nature, or at leaſt vſeth it leſſeless ill?
With rule
… grace him, who well vſeth the light of nature, or at leaſt vſeth it leſſeless ill?
Daniel Featley · Pelagius Raked out of the Ashes by Arminius and his Scholars · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to a part of the world, as they did to afftick, but to a lesseless place, euen to a citye, & both with thē, with the Anabaptists & Pelagians, they maintein …
With rule
… to a part of the world, as they did to afftick, but to a lesseless place, euen to a citye, & both with thē, with the Anabaptists & Pelagians, they maintein …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
LesseLess he could like, if lesseless his God had sent him:
With rule
LesseLess he could like, if lesseless his God had sent him:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we are ordeyned to be, ſurely the Father, or the holy Ghoſt, ſhould no leſſeless have bene Mediators, then the ſonne. Beſides theſe things, it is alſo heereby manifeſt …
With rule
… we are ordeyned to be, ſurely the Father, or the holy Ghoſt, ſhould no leſſeless have bene Mediators, then the ſonne. Beſides theſe things, it is alſo heereby manifeſt …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 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.

The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric A00630

Printed
A LESSELESS artificiall reaſon, is a reaſon ariſing of the firſte, which reaſoneth not ſo much …
With rule
A LESSELESS artificiall reaſon, is a reaſon ariſing of the firſte, which reaſoneth not ſo much …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

A Reformed Catholic A09453

Printed
… liues vpon earth. And as long as it may be increased, THAT VVHICH IS LESSELESS THEN IT SHOVLD BE, IS IN FAVLT: by which fault it is, that there …
With rule
… liues vpon earth. And as long as it may be increased, THAT VVHICH IS LESSELESS THEN IT SHOVLD BE, IS IN FAVLT: by which fault it is, that there …
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the brasen bull is still iust, because he iustifieth God, and saith he suffereth LESSELESS THEN HIS SINNES DESERVE.
With rule
… the brasen bull is still iust, because he iustifieth God, and saith he suffereth LESSELESS THEN HIS SINNES DESERVE.
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 107 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

Printed
Vers. 8 LEsseLess then the least] foreign, a comparative made of a superlative.
With rule
Vers. 8 LEsseLess then the least] foreign, a comparative made of a superlative.
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 282 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers A56170

Printed
… the Premiſes evidence) THERE NEVER WAS NUMBER THAT DID INTRUDE UPON THE TENTH, MUCH LESSELESS SHOULDER IT OUT OF DOORS. This Number of TEN (writes Philo the learned Jew …
With rule
… the Premiſes evidence) THERE NEVER WAS NUMBER THAT DID INTRUDE UPON THE TENTH, MUCH LESSELESS SHOULDER IT OUT OF DOORS. This Number of TEN (writes Philo the learned Jew …
William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · p. 15 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea Part 2 A70871

Printed
… Premiſes evide…c…) THERE NEVER WAS NUMBER THAT DID INTRUDE UPON THE TENTH, MUCH LESSELESS SHOULDER IT OUT OF DOORS. This Number of T… (writes Philo the learned Jew …
With rule
… Premiſes evide…c…) THERE NEVER WAS NUMBER THAT DID INTRUDE UPON THE TENTH, MUCH LESSELESS SHOULDER IT OUT OF DOORS. This Number of T… (writes Philo the learned Jew …
William Prynne · A Gospel Plea Part 2 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Demurrer to the Jews 2 A91275

Printed
… I ſhall conclude with the words of Samuel Daniel, his Hiſtory, p. 160. Of NO LESSELESS GRIEVANCE (than corrupt Judges then fined, diſplaced, baniſhed) this King eaſed his people, by …
With rule
… I ſhall conclude with the words of Samuel Daniel, his Hiſtory, p. 160. Of NO LESSELESS GRIEVANCE (than corrupt Judges then fined, diſplaced, baniſhed) this King eaſed his people, by …
William Prynne · Demurrer to the Jews 2 · p. 42 · Open in the reader