Rules
All candidates
Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #18186 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

washtwashed

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

Puritas changed it
646 times in 363 works
Consistency
98.1% (646 of 658)
Reach if approved
~691 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: washed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
658 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (646 changes in 363 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 646)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    So ſinne is waſhtwashed away.
    With rule
    So ſinne is waſhtwashed away.

    John Andrewes · Resolution to Return Unto God by Repentance · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Adams apple is ſtill in their throat, which the blood of the Meſſias hath waſhtwashed away in the righteous; Adams diſobedience works in them ſtill, and therefore Gods Phyſick …
    With rule
    … Adams apple is ſtill in their throat, which the blood of the Meſſias hath waſhtwashed away in the righteous; Adams diſobedience works in them ſtill, and therefore Gods Phyſick …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 631 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Christ washtwashed vs with his Blood.
    With rule
    Christ washtwashed vs with his Blood.

    Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … our nature, as Blacknesse to the skinme of an Ethiopian, that cannot possibly bee washtwashed off. As fast as Ivie to a wall (it is the similitude of Epiphanius …
    With rule
    … our nature, as Blacknesse to the skinme of an Ethiopian, that cannot possibly bee washtwashed off. As fast as Ivie to a wall (it is the similitude of Epiphanius …

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 143 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … was, cap. 9. I feared al my workes; that is, he did miſtruſt himſelfe, and waſhtwashed his hands, and his feet, and his eies and his eares, and his tongue …
    With rule
    … was, cap. 9. I feared al my workes; that is, he did miſtruſt himſelfe, and waſhtwashed his hands, and his feet, and his eies and his eares, and his tongue …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 1050 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … non vis habere rugam, in crucem extendere. Wilt thou haue no ſpot, be thou waſhtwashed in the bloud of Chriſt: wilt thou haue no wrinkle, bee thou ſtretcht vpon …
    With rule
    … non vis habere rugam, in crucem extendere. Wilt thou haue no ſpot, be thou waſhtwashed in the bloud of Chriſt: wilt thou haue no wrinkle, bee thou ſtretcht vpon …

    John Wall · The Seraphims Wings to Raise Us Unto Heaven · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … makes, affirming that hee which is washtwashed, hath yet neede to haue his feete washtwashed, that he may be wholy cleane: so that your proofes confirme my reason.
    With rule
    … makes, affirming that hee which is washtwashed, hath yet neede to haue his feete washtwashed, that he may be wholy cleane: so that your proofes confirme my reason.

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … vnleſſe ye will ſay, we may be made fleſh of Chriſts fleſh, and be waſhtwashed in his blood, and be partakers of him, and haue him preſent without his …
    With rule
    … vnleſſe ye will ſay, we may be made fleſh of Chriſts fleſh, and be waſhtwashed in his blood, and be partakers of him, and haue him preſent without his …

    Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 188 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

8 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.

The Purple Island A00977

  • Printed
    WashtWashed in her eyes that swimmes and sinks in woes:
    With rule
    WashtWashed in her eyes that swimmes and sinks in woes:

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 172 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    Made exceeding bright. Cant. 5, 12. Which are WashtWashed with Milke.
    With rule
    Made exceeding bright. Cant. 5, 12. Which are WashtWashed with Milke.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 207 · Open in the reader

Micro-Cosmography A21075

  • Printed
    … by the loope-holes that let out smoak, which the raine had long since WashtWashed thorow, but for the double seeling of Bacon on the inside, which has hung …
    With rule
    … by the loope-holes that let out smoak, which the raine had long since WashtWashed thorow, but for the double seeling of Bacon on the inside, which has hung …

    John Earle · Micro-Cosmography · Open in the reader

Neonomianism Unmasked A32770

  • Printed
    … a Reward of Debt, if a Man purchaſe an Eſtate with Braſs Half Crowns, WaſhtWashed and Clipt Money, if they be accepted, as well as if he paid in …
    With rule
    … a Reward of Debt, if a Man purchaſe an Eſtate with Braſs Half Crowns, WaſhtWashed and Clipt Money, if they be accepted, as well as if he paid in …

    Isaac Chauncy · Neonomianism Unmasked · p. 143 · Open in the reader

Poems in Two Parts A60349

  • Printed
    WashtWashed from his filth, waxt fresh and fair agen.
    With rule
    WashtWashed from his filth, waxt fresh and fair agen.

    Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

  • Printed
    … they ſhall not take away his breath: for his head is ever above water. WaſhtWashed he may be (as Paul was in the ſhipwrack) drowned he cannot be. Sink …
    With rule
    … they ſhall not take away his breath: for his head is ever above water. WaſhtWashed he may be (as Paul was in the ſhipwrack) drowned he cannot be. Sink …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 85 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    WashtWashed with Milk]
    With rule
    WashtWashed with Milk]

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 710 · Open in the reader

The Vanity of Thoughts Discovered A72189

  • Printed
    … filthineſſe, &c. the Heart this houſe muſt be waſhed; waſh thy heart from wickedneſſe. WaſhtWashed, not ſwept onely of groſſer evills (as Matth. 12. 43. the houſe, (the uncleane ſpirit re …
    With rule
    … filthineſſe, &c. the Heart this houſe muſt be waſhed; waſh thy heart from wickedneſſe. WaſhtWashed, not ſwept onely of groſſer evills (as Matth. 12. 43. the houſe, (the uncleane ſpirit re …

    Thomas Goodwin · The Vanity of Thoughts Discovered · p. 1 · Open in the reader