Rules
All candidates
Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19139 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lievtenantlieutenant

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
252 times in 84 works
Consistency
97.3% (252 of 259)
Reach if approved
~272 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: lieutenant
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
259 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (252 changes in 84 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 252)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Religions EXPOVNDED. Being Preſented to the Juncto at Weſtminſter, Auguſt 16. 1646. BY Colonel Pride, and LievtenantLieutenant Colonel Goffe, and Others; by the Appointment of the Lord Fairfax their General. With …
    With rule
    … Religions EXPOVNDED. Being Preſented to the Juncto at Weſtminſter, Auguſt 16. 1646. BY Colonel Pride, and LievtenantLieutenant Colonel Goffe, and Others; by the Appointment of the Lord Fairfax their General. With …

    Richard Holdsworth · An Answer Without a Question · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … any of his successors did; takes possession of the Tower, turnes out the honest LievtenantLieutenant there, who royally entertained him, without any cause assigned; displaceth most Governours in other …
    With rule
    … any of his successors did; takes possession of the Tower, turnes out the honest LievtenantLieutenant there, who royally entertained him, without any cause assigned; displaceth most Governours in other …

    William Prynne · The Case of the Impeached Lords Commons and Citizens · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the XXVIIIth. Novell most evidently. Though sure it is, that he took from the LievtenantLieutenant or Vicarius the government of the Asian diocese, and confined him within the limits …
    With rule
    … the XXVIIIth. Novell most evidently. Though sure it is, that he took from the LievtenantLieutenant or Vicarius the government of the Asian diocese, and confined him within the limits …

    James Ussher · A Geographical and Historical Disquisition Touching Asia · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … no ſuch matter: We have loſt no Officer ſince our ſitting down, but one LievtenantLieutenant Price, of the Major Generalls Regiment. Though our work be hard, yet our Souldiers …
    With rule
    … no ſuch matter: We have loſt no Officer ſince our ſitting down, but one LievtenantLieutenant Price, of the Major Generalls Regiment. Though our work be hard, yet our Souldiers …

    Edward Bowles · A Letter from a Minister to a Brother in London · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … then the Centurions, and the better ſort of the Souldiers, were obedient to the LievtenantLieutenant. So it hath ever been with us.
    With rule
    … then the Centurions, and the better ſort of the Souldiers, were obedient to the LievtenantLieutenant. So it hath ever been with us.

    John Canne · The Discoverer Part 2 · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Trewman, who by the cruelty of that Tyrant, the Earle of Strafford, late Lord LievtenantLieutenant of Ireland, was hang'd, drawn and quarter'd in Carick…argus, for his expressions of …
    With rule
    … Trewman, who by the cruelty of that Tyrant, the Earle of Strafford, late Lord LievtenantLieutenant of Ireland, was hang'd, drawn and quarter'd in Carick…argus, for his expressions of …

    John Trewman · The Irish Martyr · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Spain: but after the death of the Duke of Parma, he was sent as LievtenantLieutenant general, & Governor of the Low-Ciuntries for the K. of Spaine, where since he …
    With rule
    … Spain: but after the death of the Duke of Parma, he was sent as LievtenantLieutenant general, & Governor of the Low-Ciuntries for the K. of Spaine, where since he …

    Archbishop George Abbot · A Brief Description of the Whole World · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … up the enemies quarters; By break of day he fell into Slaughter, took a LievtenantLieutenant, twelve Troopers, horse and armes, and thence marched to Odington a mile beyond Stow …
    With rule
    … up the enemies quarters; By break of day he fell into Slaughter, took a LievtenantLieutenant, twelve Troopers, horse and armes, and thence marched to Odington a mile beyond Stow …

    John Corbet · Historical Relation of the Military Government of Gloucester · p. 36 · Open in the reader

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

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Wonders of the Invisible World A50177

  • Printed
    … weary of the Helm, whereat he sits. We are under the Influence of a LIEVTENANTLIEUTENANT GOVERNOUR, who not only by being admirably accomplished both with Natural and Acquired Endowments …
    With rule
    … weary of the Helm, whereat he sits. We are under the Influence of a LIEVTENANTLIEUTENANT GOVERNOUR, who not only by being admirably accomplished both with Natural and Acquired Endowments …

    Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · Open in the reader

A Hind Let Loose A59963

  • Printed
    … therefore obliged to oune his authority? or shall they deny his, and acknowledge his lievtenantlieutenant, who bears his name, and by whom all his orders are execute, I mean …
    With rule
    … therefore obliged to oune his authority? or shall they deny his, and acknowledge his lievtenantlieutenant, who bears his name, and by whom all his orders are execute, I mean …

    Alexander Shields · A Hind Let Loose · p. 364 · Open in the reader