Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3962 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thyngthing

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

Puritas changed it: 4,045 times in 217 works
Consistency: 99.9% (4,045 of 4,048)
Reach if approved: ~4,253 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thing
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,048 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,045 changes in 217 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,045)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and sinceere affection: secondly, that they be done with good discretion. For when a thyngthing is done vndiscreetely, and without aduice, it looseth the grace and beautie of the …
With rule
… and sinceere affection: secondly, that they be done with good discretion. For when a thyngthing is done vndiscreetely, and without aduice, it looseth the grace and beautie of the …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
The lyght of our faythe, make thys thyngthing… euydent,
With rule
The lyght of our faythe, make thys thyngthing… euydent,
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue thought that hys sonnes shold haue bene so corrupted. It is a perillous thyngthing, a daungerous state to be a iudge. They felte y^e smaker of thys worlde …
With rule
… haue thought that hys sonnes shold haue bene so corrupted. It is a perillous thyngthing, a daungerous state to be a iudge. They felte y^e smaker of thys worlde …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… Auoyde fro me Sathan, thou hyndrest me by thy carnall temptacion, to doo that thyngthing whyche God hath moued me vnto by hys gracious inspiracion. Thou hast no tast …
With rule
… Auoyde fro me Sathan, thou hyndrest me by thy carnall temptacion, to doo that thyngthing whyche God hath moued me vnto by hys gracious inspiracion. Thou hast no tast …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee alſo muſt builde Churches and Chapells, whereas in truthe, there is no ſuche thyngthing commaunded vnto vs of God. And herevpon it commeth to paſſe, that whereas wee …
With rule
… wee alſo muſt builde Churches and Chapells, whereas in truthe, there is no ſuche thyngthing commaunded vnto vs of God. And herevpon it commeth to paſſe, that whereas wee …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… happen without a cause by chaūce or fortune, rather thē to signifie some notable thyngthing to come. But they are in dede all of them terrible signes, threatening vnto …
With rule
… happen without a cause by chaūce or fortune, rather thē to signifie some notable thyngthing to come. But they are in dede all of them terrible signes, threatening vnto …
Martin Luther · Sermon Concerning the Coming of our Savior · Open in the reader
Printed
… afore. Basilius magnus saith also, y^t fasting is necessari, when we desire obtayne any thyngthing of the Lord The aūcient fathers of Christes churche godly consideryng how necessary a …
With rule
… afore. Basilius magnus saith also, y^t fasting is necessari, when we desire obtayne any thyngthing of the Lord The aūcient fathers of Christes churche godly consideryng how necessary a …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the signification therof. Wherefore it shall not be out of the way, somme thyngthing to tary in resonyng of their names, left perchaunce the Astrologians of them (as …
With rule
… by the signification therof. Wherefore it shall not be out of the way, somme thyngthing to tary in resonyng of their names, left perchaunce the Astrologians of them (as …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

Printed
ThyngThing to desyre, quhilk may nocht be
With rule
ThyngThing to desyre, quhilk may nocht be
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil A14176

Printed
ThyngThing
With rule
ThyngThing
John Udall · The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil · Open in the reader
Printed
ThyngThing. 15.
With rule
ThyngThing. 15.
John Udall · The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil · Open in the reader