Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33842 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fittesfits

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 93 times in 56 works
Consistency: 98.9% (93 of 94)
Reach if approved: ~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fits
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 94 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (93 changes in 56 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 93)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
That duty fittesfits not their high place.
With rule
That duty fittesfits not their high place.
Samuel Hieron · An Answer to a Popish Rhyme · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods name called upon: but alas, common experience shewes that these things are but fittesfits arising of uncerten and flittering motions in the heart. For so soone as the …
With rule
… Gods name called upon: but alas, common experience shewes that these things are but fittesfits arising of uncerten and flittering motions in the heart. For so soone as the …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 283 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cannot keepe a family diſeaſed with this dropſie, from many ſicke, troubleſome and froward fittesfits.
With rule
… cannot keepe a family diſeaſed with this dropſie, from many ſicke, troubleſome and froward fittesfits.
William Whately · A Bride Bush · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
And although in this which I haue hetherto alledged, I haue by fittesfits declared the ende and fruite of this ceremonie, yet will I not thinke it …
With rule
And although in this which I haue hetherto alledged, I haue by fittesfits declared the ende and fruite of this ceremonie, yet will I not thinke it …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such or the like disposition to bring it to many, and such like raging fittesfits, eyther tampering with the complexion, as melancholie, &c. or furthering those passions of discontent …
With rule
… such or the like disposition to bring it to many, and such like raging fittesfits, eyther tampering with the complexion, as melancholie, &c. or furthering those passions of discontent …
Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… graces that might be thereby wrought in them, it oftentimes hardens their harts, and fittesfits them for ſharpe correction.
With rule
… graces that might be thereby wrought in them, it oftentimes hardens their harts, and fittesfits them for ſharpe correction.
John Dod · Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God, his worde, and of vertue, and honeſty. They haue their momentes, and fittesfits, wherein they deale wonderfully, ſo that a man would thinke them to be become …
With rule
… of God, his worde, and of vertue, and honeſty. They haue their momentes, and fittesfits, wherein they deale wonderfully, ſo that a man would thinke them to be become …
Pierre Viret · The World Possessed with Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… the way of health, yet, before attaining the full point, wee had sustained many fittesfits, & apparant, deadly traunces? That, which the Psalmist sayth of the outwarde afflictions of the …
With rule
… the way of health, yet, before attaining the full point, wee had sustained many fittesfits, & apparant, deadly traunces? That, which the Psalmist sayth of the outwarde afflictions of the …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

Printed
29. FittesFits of Insolencie.
With rule
29. FittesFits of Insolencie.
William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 79 · Open in the reader