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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33970 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

proppeprop

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

Puritas changed it
78 times in 61 works
Consistency
95.1% (78 of 82)
Reach if approved
~86 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: prop
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
82 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (78 changes in 61 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 78)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to this most orthodox, sound, and comfortable assertion of ours (which is the only proppeprop and pillar of a Christian soule, and the only thing which makes men liue …
    With rule
    … to this most orthodox, sound, and comfortable assertion of ours (which is the only proppeprop and pillar of a Christian soule, and the only thing which makes men liue …

    William Prynne · The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate · p. 245 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    The houſe to proppeprop it vnder.
    With rule
    The houſe to proppeprop it vnder.

    John Wilson · A Song · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    The proppeprop of Vertue and mankinds delight,
    With rule
    The proppeprop of Vertue and mankinds delight,

    George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … if they were already in our possession. Or foreign, is as much as an vnder-proppeprop or basis, supporting and sustaining vs with constant patience, in the assured expectation of …
    With rule
    … if they were already in our possession. Or foreign, is as much as an vnder-proppeprop or basis, supporting and sustaining vs with constant patience, in the assured expectation of …

    Henry Burton · The Christians Bulwark · p. 264 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    And thus Witch-craft became an especiall proppeprop of Antichrists kingdome.
    With rule
    And thus Witch-craft became an especiall proppeprop of Antichrists kingdome.

    Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 194 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to perjury, the divills creature, who is the Father of Lying a princi…pll proppeprop and pillar of Antichrists Kingdome.
    With rule
    … to perjury, the divills creature, who is the Father of Lying a princi…pll proppeprop and pillar of Antichrists Kingdome.

    Ephraim Pagitt · Heresiography · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … whole frame commeth downe: this maketh you ſo haſtely to thruſt vnder a rotten proppeprop, euen as it came to hand. Ye ſay, that Saint Paule neuer continued captiue …
    With rule
    … whole frame commeth downe: this maketh you ſo haſtely to thruſt vnder a rotten proppeprop, euen as it came to hand. Ye ſay, that Saint Paule neuer continued captiue …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of Gods worship: and yet withall, being well vsed, we esteeme it as a proppeprop or furtherance of the worship, in that we are made the fitter by it …
    With rule
    … of Gods worship: and yet withall, being well vsed, we esteeme it as a proppeprop or furtherance of the worship, in that we are made the fitter by it …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 980 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

  • Printed
    … sayd to CONTINVANCE, as I shall haue but small a doe to hogh the ProppeProp; that, so, both may tumble downe, in the Dust, to-gether.
    With rule
    … sayd to CONTINVANCE, as I shall haue but small a doe to hogh the ProppeProp; that, so, both may tumble downe, in the Dust, to-gether.

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 69 · Open in the reader