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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4058 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stilestyle

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

Puritas changed it
4,868 times in 1,759 works
Consistency
100% (4,868 of 4,868)
Reach if approved
~5,116 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: style
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,869 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,868 changes in 1,759 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,868)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … our vnworthineſſe, and we may ſay with Saint Auſten, Lord take notice of the ſtilestyle of our Aduocate thy Sonne.
    With rule
    … our vnworthineſſe, and we may ſay with Saint Auſten, Lord take notice of the ſtilestyle of our Aduocate thy Sonne.

    Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and Calixt, of whom before is ſpoken? Gregory notwithſtanding theſe Popes charters and lofty ſtilestyle, was iudged to bee a manifeſt coniurer, ſorcerer, and a ſtragler and runnagate from …
    With rule
    … and Calixt, of whom before is ſpoken? Gregory notwithſtanding theſe Popes charters and lofty ſtilestyle, was iudged to bee a manifeſt coniurer, ſorcerer, and a ſtragler and runnagate from …

    Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 89 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that hee is God, is verified in the Papacie, which giueth the Pope the stilestyle of Lord God, Head of the Church, Lyon of the Tribe of Iuda, &c …
    With rule
    … that hee is God, is verified in the Papacie, which giueth the Pope the stilestyle of Lord God, Head of the Church, Lyon of the Tribe of Iuda, &c …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in ſtead of Cranmer) being in the Tower, after the manner of a new ſtilestyle leauing out ſupreme head: Likewiſe Boner giuing her certificate vpon the ſame, leaueth out …
    With rule
    … in ſtead of Cranmer) being in the Tower, after the manner of a new ſtilestyle leauing out ſupreme head: Likewiſe Boner giuing her certificate vpon the ſame, leaueth out …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Thus Saint Theodore, as they stilestyle her, (if wee may beleeue their reports of her) hauing by vngodly perswasions yeelded …
    With rule
    Thus Saint Theodore, as they stilestyle her, (if wee may beleeue their reports of her) hauing by vngodly perswasions yeelded …

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 296 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … who vowed vowes to the Queene of heaven, Ier. 44. 25.) vow to her whom they ſtilestyle the Queene of heaven, and to other Saints, and that in the ſame manner …
    With rule
    … who vowed vowes to the Queene of heaven, Ier. 44. 25.) vow to her whom they ſtilestyle the Queene of heaven, and to other Saints, and that in the ſame manner …

    William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Psalme it selfe, according to the forme therof, is of a mixed kind of stilestyle, containing diuers exhortations to all men, who would attaine vnto true happinesse to seeke …
    With rule
    … Psalme it selfe, according to the forme therof, is of a mixed kind of stilestyle, containing diuers exhortations to all men, who would attaine vnto true happinesse to seeke …

    William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … a very Honorable ſtilestyle which is giuen him in Scripture, far ſurpaſſing the royall ſtilestyle of any earthly monarch: Wonderfull, Counſeller, The mighty God, the Euerlaſting Father, The Prince …
    With rule
    … a very Honorable ſtilestyle which is giuen him in Scripture, far ſurpaſſing the royall ſtilestyle of any earthly monarch: Wonderfull, Counſeller, The mighty God, the Euerlaſting Father, The Prince …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 30 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.