Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #13317 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

puftpuffed

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

Puritas changed it: 797 times in 471 works
Consistency: 99.0% (797 of 805)
Reach if approved: ~873 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: puffed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 831 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (797 changes in 471 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 797)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… boaſt not thy ſelfe, diſpiſe not, nor vexe the branches; for if thou beeſt puftpuffed vp, thou beareſt not the root; but the root thee.
With rule
… boaſt not thy ſelfe, diſpiſe not, nor vexe the branches; for if thou beeſt puftpuffed vp, thou beareſt not the root; but the root thee.
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of pomp are ſondry, the weak brain of man is fanciful, fleſh is ſoone puftpuffed vp, and there is leauen enough in the world to make it riſe and …
With rule
… of pomp are ſondry, the weak brain of man is fanciful, fleſh is ſoone puftpuffed vp, and there is leauen enough in the world to make it riſe and …
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 268 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Treatiſe, would be as vaine and idle, as to hope to meet with puftpuffed paſte at a Plow-mans table.
With rule
… this Treatiſe, would be as vaine and idle, as to hope to meet with puftpuffed paſte at a Plow-mans table.
Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · Open in the reader
Printed
… in him. Yea it is the ſtate of all men, eſpecially thoſe that are puftpuffed up, either by their owne place, humour, or the flattery of others, they will …
With rule
… in him. Yea it is the ſtate of all men, eſpecially thoſe that are puftpuffed up, either by their owne place, humour, or the flattery of others, they will …
Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 426 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to aduertise vs that are Gentiles, that we shoulde bee well aduised, least being puftpuffed vp with pride, and swelling with a vaine arrogant persuasion of our owne strength …
With rule
… to aduertise vs that are Gentiles, that we shoulde bee well aduised, least being puftpuffed vp with pride, and swelling with a vaine arrogant persuasion of our owne strength …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… warrand in God's worde: but which is a doctrine proceeding from a vayne, and puftpuffed vp fleſhlie mynde; that thinketh everie thing good in God's worſhip, that it ſelfe …
With rule
… warrand in God's worde: but which is a doctrine proceeding from a vayne, and puftpuffed vp fleſhlie mynde; that thinketh everie thing good in God's worſhip, that it ſelfe …
William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a man ſhould come and joyne ſide with the word of truth, hee is puftpuffed up in his vaine minde, and hath no ſound worke of grace in his …
With rule
… a man ſhould come and joyne ſide with the word of truth, hee is puftpuffed up in his vaine minde, and hath no ſound worke of grace in his …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all thoſe things, euē from the firſt beginning of himſelfe) yet was he not puftpuffed vp in pride with theſe, nor was lift vp aboue vs, nor did chalenge …
With rule
… all thoſe things, euē from the firſt beginning of himſelfe) yet was he not puftpuffed vp in pride with theſe, nor was lift vp aboue vs, nor did chalenge …
Martin Luther · The Liberty of a Christian · p. 59 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
PuftPuffed vp. sig:
With rule
PuftPuffed vp. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 383 · Open in the reader
Printed
One houen and swolne, by arrogancy & pride. 1 Tim. 6, 4. He is PuftPuffed vp.
With rule
One houen and swolne, by arrogancy & pride. 1 Tim. 6, 4. He is PuftPuffed vp.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 383 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Original Sin A30247

Printed
… the good duties, which God hath commanded. Therefore we read of that expreſſion, Col. 2. 18. PuftPuffed up with a fleſhly mind. So that hereſie is a luſt of the mind …
With rule
… the good duties, which God hath commanded. Therefore we read of that expreſſion, Col. 2. 18. PuftPuffed up with a fleſhly mind. So that hereſie is a luſt of the mind …
Anthony Burgess · A Treatise of Original Sin · p. 460 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
PuftPuffed up by Joab in vaine aſp…ring,
With rule
PuftPuffed up by Joab in vaine aſp…ring,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 183 · Open in the reader