Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3945 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

verievery

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 12,215 times in 880 works
Consistency: 99.8% (12,215 of 12,229)
Reach if approved: ~12,849 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: very
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 12,229 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (12,215 changes in 880 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 12,215)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… alſo applied to the Creator. Now as other attributes applied to God are his verievery eſſence, and as his eſſence is infinite, ſo alſo is his power, which extendeth …
With rule
… alſo applied to the Creator. Now as other attributes applied to God are his verievery eſſence, and as his eſſence is infinite, ſo alſo is his power, which extendeth …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 289 · Open in the reader
Printed
… debter tooke the two pieces out of the creditours purse. Surely, a blind or verievery credulous creditor, that would stand still till the debter picked his pocket. O patience …
With rule
… debter tooke the two pieces out of the creditours purse. Surely, a blind or verievery credulous creditor, that would stand still till the debter picked his pocket. O patience …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. In the verievery wombe, he tooke his brother by the heele: afterwardes in his ſtrength he played …
With rule
3. In the verievery wombe, he tooke his brother by the heele: afterwardes in his ſtrength he played …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Errour may take place, in common; and, that, yet, not-with-standing, GOD may, verievery well, preserue Trueth, and true, and lawfull Worship, and Worshippers, al-be-it, in …
With rule
… Errour may take place, in common; and, that, yet, not-with-standing, GOD may, verievery well, preserue Trueth, and true, and lawfull Worship, and Worshippers, al-be-it, in …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Greeke, Not to be compared to the glorie to come. according to the verievery like Latine phrase by dignus, Eccl. 6. Amico fideli nulla est comparatio, & non est DIGNA …
With rule
… the Greeke, Not to be compared to the glorie to come. according to the verievery like Latine phrase by dignus, Eccl. 6. Amico fideli nulla est comparatio, & non est DIGNA …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 268 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nation receiued their religion firſt from Rome, at ſuch time as Religion there was verievery corrupt, what marueill is it, if we can not ſhewe you ſuch a Communion …
With rule
… nation receiued their religion firſt from Rome, at ſuch time as Religion there was verievery corrupt, what marueill is it, if we can not ſhewe you ſuch a Communion …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be many whoſe workes we ſée are with fraud and bloud: and in the verievery next heire are conſumed to naught in ſhort time,
With rule
… be many whoſe workes we ſée are with fraud and bloud: and in the verievery next heire are conſumed to naught in ſhort time,
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all things that are. The word Subſtance, properlie doth not ſo much import the verievery inward being, as that reſpect which it hath to the accidents duplicate page duplicate page that are therein …
With rule
… all things that are. The word Subſtance, properlie doth not ſo much import the verievery inward being, as that reſpect which it hath to the accidents duplicate page duplicate page that are therein …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 54 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven A05560

Printed
TO MY VERIEVERY HONORABLE GOOD Lords, IAMES Earle of Arran. GEORGE Earle of Enzie, and IOHN Earle …
With rule
TO MY VERIEVERY HONORABLE GOOD Lords, IAMES Earle of Arran. GEORGE Earle of Enzie, and IOHN Earle …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 321 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Lords Prayer A09410

Printed
VErieVery fewe among the people can giue the right meaning of the wordes of this …
With rule
VErieVery fewe among the people can giue the right meaning of the wordes of this …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader

Gods Effectual Calling A11015

Printed
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL AND HIS VERIEVERY CHRISTIAN LOVING FRIEND, MAISTER WILLIAM SCOT of Ely, grace and peace by Ieſus Chriſt.
With rule
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL AND HIS VERIEVERY CHRISTIAN LOVING FRIEND, MAISTER WILLIAM SCOT of Ely, grace and peace by Ieſus Chriſt.
Robert Rollock · Gods Effectual Calling · Open in the reader

The Observation and Keeping of the Sabbath Day A14213

Printed
A VERIEVERY PROFITABLE AND NECESSARIE DISCOVRSE CONCERNING THE obſeruation and keeping of the Sabboth day, ſeruing …
With rule
A VERIEVERY PROFITABLE AND NECESSARIE DISCOVRSE CONCERNING THE obſeruation and keeping of the Sabboth day, ſeruing …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Observation and Keeping of the Sabbath Day · Open in the reader

Aphorisms of Christian Religion A17599

Printed
APHORISMES OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION: OR, A VERIEVERY COMPENDIOVS abridgement of M. I. CALVINS Inſtitutions, ſet forth in ſhort ſentences methodically by …
With rule
APHORISMES OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION: OR, A VERIEVERY COMPENDIOVS abridgement of M. I. CALVINS Inſtitutions, ſet forth in ſhort ſentences methodically by …
John Calvin · Aphorisms of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon A19422

Printed
CERTAINE VErieVery worthie, godly and profitable Sermons, vpon the fifth Chapiter of the Songs of SOLOMON:
With rule
CERTAINE VErieVery worthie, godly and profitable Sermons, vpon the fifth Chapiter of the Songs of SOLOMON:
Bartimaeus Andrewes · Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon · Open in the reader

Certain Godly and Very Comfortable Letters B12393

Printed
CERTAINE GODLY AND VERIEVERY comfortable Letters, full of chriſtian conſolation. Written by M. Ed Dering vnto ſondry of …
With rule
CERTAINE GODLY AND VERIEVERY comfortable Letters, full of chriſtian conſolation. Written by M. Ed Dering vnto ſondry of …
Edward Dering · Certain Godly and Very Comfortable Letters · Open in the reader