Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12203 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

perfitperfect

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

Puritas changed it: 849 times in 223 works
Consistency: 98.3% (849 of 863)
Reach if approved: ~907 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: perfect
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 863 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (849 changes in 223 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 849)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to glorifie thy name, by incalling the same in that forme of praier maist perfitperfect, that thy son our sauiour Iesus Christ hath teached vs to vse, saying, Our …
With rule
… to glorifie thy name, by incalling the same in that forme of praier maist perfitperfect, that thy son our sauiour Iesus Christ hath teached vs to vse, saying, Our …
James Melville · A Spiritual Propine of a Pastor to his People · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God in that perfection it is done by angels? must we be as perfitperfect as they? Ans. the wordes here vsed (in earth as it, &c.) do not …
With rule
… of God in that perfection it is done by angels? must we be as perfitperfect as they? Ans. the wordes here vsed (in earth as it, &c.) do not …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iewel of the world, and diamond of chriſtendom. Euen ſo (O Lord) becauſe of perfitperfect loue thou haſt loued her ſo.
With rule
… Iewel of the world, and diamond of chriſtendom. Euen ſo (O Lord) becauſe of perfitperfect loue thou haſt loued her ſo.
John Prime · Sermon Comparing Solomon and Queen Elizabeth · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſinfull man: Yet ſeeing th…t glorio…s fire was able to purifie and perfitperfect whatſoever body that was, which He would vouchſafe to take unto Himſelfe: therefore although …
With rule
… ſinfull man: Yet ſeeing th…t glorio…s fire was able to purifie and perfitperfect whatſoever body that was, which He would vouchſafe to take unto Himſelfe: therefore although …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… let al Gods people hate, but his law let them love, which is a perfitperfect Law, and converteth the ſoule, and it is pure and giveth light to the …
With rule
… let al Gods people hate, but his law let them love, which is a perfitperfect Law, and converteth the ſoule, and it is pure and giveth light to the …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… plague beeing much abated, and the counſels of conſpirators detected, e…en with a perfitperfect hart and with all your power, even yet more earneſtly, if it may be …
With rule
… plague beeing much abated, and the counſels of conſpirators detected, e…en with a perfitperfect hart and with all your power, even yet more earneſtly, if it may be …
William Hubbock · An Oration Gratulatory to King James · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſelfe: euery mā that hath wel profited in the ſchoole of H. N. is perfitperfect and without ſinne. To conclude this matter, the errours bee ſo many, ſo foule …
With rule
… ſelfe: euery mā that hath wel profited in the ſchoole of H. N. is perfitperfect and without ſinne. To conclude this matter, the errours bee ſo many, ſo foule …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… in our ſelues, or which we ſee, or haue giuen vs in others, they perfitperfect vs to ſaluation: When God doth call vs; the good things we haue our …
With rule
… in our ſelues, or which we ſee, or haue giuen vs in others, they perfitperfect vs to ſaluation: When God doth call vs; the good things we haue our …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 120 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

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

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
… of grace, when there is not the least want. Phil. 3, 12. I am not already PerfitPerfect. 1. Corinth. 13, 10. When that which is PerfitPerfect is come. Math. 19, 21. If thou wilt be PerfitPerfect.
With rule
… of grace, when there is not the least want. Phil. 3, 12. I am not already PerfitPerfect. 1. Corinth. 13, 10. When that which is PerfitPerfect is come. Math. 19, 21. If thou wilt be PerfitPerfect.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the least want. Phil. 3, 12. I am not already PerfitPerfect. 1. Corinth. 13, 10. When that which is PerfitPerfect is come. Math. 19, 21. If thou wilt be PerfitPerfect.
With rule
… the least want. Phil. 3, 12. I am not already PerfitPerfect. 1. Corinth. 13, 10. When that which is PerfitPerfect is come. Math. 19, 21. If thou wilt be PerfitPerfect.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… PerfitPerfect. 1. Corinth. 13, 10. When that which is PerfitPerfect is come. Math. 19, 21. If thou wilt be PerfitPerfect.
With rule
… PerfitPerfect. 1. Corinth. 13, 10. When that which is PerfitPerfect is come. Math. 19, 21. If thou wilt be PerfitPerfect.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with his speech. Iam. 3, 2. If any man sinne not in word, he is a PerfitPerfect man.
With rule
… with his speech. Iam. 3, 2. If any man sinne not in word, he is a PerfitPerfect man.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 357 · Open in the reader
Printed
PerfitPerfect charity. sig:
With rule
PerfitPerfect charity. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 357 · Open in the reader

Job Expounded B11451

Printed
Vpright.] I had rather so translate it, then PerfitPerfect, least any man happilie might be deceiued in the signification of the word. For …
With rule
Vpright.] I had rather so translate it, then PerfitPerfect, least any man happilie might be deceiued in the signification of the word. For …
Theodore Beza · Job Expounded · Open in the reader