Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12556 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wisedomwisdom

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

Puritas changed it: 2,948 times in 680 works
Consistency: 99.9% (2,948 of 2,951)
Reach if approved: ~3,102 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wisdom
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,952 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,948 changes in 680 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,948)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Wherefore let no man be afraide, albeit all the wiſedomwisdom and power of the world ſtriue againſt the Goſpell, although it would extinguiſh it …
With rule
Wherefore let no man be afraide, albeit all the wiſedomwisdom and power of the world ſtriue againſt the Goſpell, although it would extinguiſh it …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
… accordyng to the predictions of moysture, 1524, and drynesse. 1540. But here I appeale to Cuninghams wisedomwisdom, why he bryngeth exaumple of two yeares onely, and them so longe agoe past …
With rule
… accordyng to the predictions of moysture, 1524, and drynesse. 1540. But here I appeale to Cuninghams wisedomwisdom, why he bryngeth exaumple of two yeares onely, and them so longe agoe past …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… warres, and that heroycall courage into them. Hee vſeth by his almighty power and wiſedomwisdom, al maner of inſtruments to execute his will. But nowe wee muſt vnderſtande, that …
With rule
… warres, and that heroycall courage into them. Hee vſeth by his almighty power and wiſedomwisdom, al maner of inſtruments to execute his will. But nowe wee muſt vnderſtande, that …
George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Betheſda, as the Queene of the South came from farre to heare the wiſedomwisdom of Salomon; ſo come ye, attend, wait upon, reverence, receive, embrace and love the …
With rule
… to Betheſda, as the Queene of the South came from farre to heare the wiſedomwisdom of Salomon; ſo come ye, attend, wait upon, reverence, receive, embrace and love the …
Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pro. 4.5. Get wisedome, get understanding. And verse 7. Wisedome is the principall thing, therefore get wisedomwisdom, and with all thy getting with all that thou hast gotten, with all thy …
With rule
… Pro. 4.5. Get wisedome, get understanding. And verse 7. Wisedome is the principall thing, therefore get wisedomwisdom, and with all thy getting with all that thou hast gotten, with all thy …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 483 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of flame or fier. For that vnnoble doggyſhe Philoſopher Diogenes, (a man excellent in wiſedomwisdom and vertue, albeit in ſubſtance bare, ſurnamed the dogge,) adiudged thoſe moſt Noble, who …
With rule
… of flame or fier. For that vnnoble doggyſhe Philoſopher Diogenes, (a man excellent in wiſedomwisdom and vertue, albeit in ſubſtance bare, ſurnamed the dogge,) adiudged thoſe moſt Noble, who …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… wiſedome of God, or the vpright life, to be the ſpirit of the ful wiſedomwisdom it ſelf. And in the ſixteenth Chapter, which is the next following, and ſeuenteenth …
With rule
… wiſedome of God, or the vpright life, to be the ſpirit of the ful wiſedomwisdom it ſelf. And in the ſixteenth Chapter, which is the next following, and ſeuenteenth …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
That mariage throch my wiſedomwisdom it was wrocht
With rule
That mariage throch my wiſedomwisdom it was wrocht
David Lindsay · Works · 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.

The Book of Proverbs Paraphrased A27991

Printed
1. WIſedomWisdom hath builded her houſe, ſhe hath hewen out her ſeven pillars.
With rule
1. WIſedomWisdom hath builded her houſe, ſhe hath hewen out her ſeven pillars.
Simon Patrick · The Book of Proverbs Paraphrased · p. 127 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
Vers. 1. WIsedomWisdom] Chap. 1. 20.
With rule
Vers. 1. WIsedomWisdom] Chap. 1. 20.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Works Volume 4 A70318

Printed
1. WIſedomWisdom hath builded her a houſe, ſhe hath hewen out her ſeven pillars.
With rule
1. WIſedomWisdom hath builded her a houſe, ſhe hath hewen out her ſeven pillars.
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 452 · Open in the reader