Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4291 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

waieway

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

Puritas changed it: 1,373 times in 245 works
Consistency: 99.3% (1,373 of 1,382)
Reach if approved: ~1,452 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: way
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,382 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,373 changes in 245 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,373)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… these 2. sinns of contempt and neglect) we are assured it shall noe kinde of waieway redound to her hart, because shee is the childe of God, and wee doubte …
With rule
… these 2. sinns of contempt and neglect) we are assured it shall noe kinde of waieway redound to her hart, because shee is the childe of God, and wee doubte …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But he ſhortly after returning vnto his old impietie, and entring that moſt wicked waieway, wherin the footſteps of Ludouike of Condie his moſt wicked father, a perſecutor of …
With rule
… But he ſhortly after returning vnto his old impietie, and entring that moſt wicked waieway, wherin the footſteps of Ludouike of Condie his moſt wicked father, a perſecutor of …
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · Open in the reader
Printed
… or I wot not what, a greate porcion he hadde. And so on the waieway as he was in his iournie towardes Londō, or frō Lō don, he fel …
With rule
… or I wot not what, a greate porcion he hadde. And so on the waieway as he was in his iournie towardes Londō, or frō Lō don, he fel …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… and her Majeſties roiall priuiledge. For my father now hath taught vs ſuche a waieway to reaſon againſt theſe Caiphaſes, in the Theſes ſet downe by thee, as wil …
With rule
… and her Majeſties roiall priuiledge. For my father now hath taught vs ſuche a waieway to reaſon againſt theſe Caiphaſes, in the Theſes ſet downe by thee, as wil …
Martin Marprelate · The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior · Open in the reader
Printed
… not vtterlie, yet neglect more then is fit, their civill vocations. It is either waieway a misguided zeale either to withdraw ones selfe from humane society, neglecting al service …
With rule
… not vtterlie, yet neglect more then is fit, their civill vocations. It is either waieway a misguided zeale either to withdraw ones selfe from humane society, neglecting al service …
William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Precept in these words, Agree with thine aduersarie quickly, whiles thou art in the waieway with him: that is, vse all good meanes to become friendes with whomsoeuer thou …
With rule
… Precept in these words, Agree with thine aduersarie quickly, whiles thou art in the waieway with him: that is, vse all good meanes to become friendes with whomsoeuer thou …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
13 The Bride addeth and come thy waieway, namelie vnto mee, and to no other neither in heauen nor in earth, yea …
With rule
13 The Bride addeth and come thy waieway, namelie vnto mee, and to no other neither in heauen nor in earth, yea …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
… often compelled to suffer in this earth. From all quarters of the world, the waieway is open to those whiche retourne to there countrye, from whiche they nowe wander …
With rule
… often compelled to suffer in this earth. From all quarters of the world, the waieway is open to those whiche retourne to there countrye, from whiche they nowe wander …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 142 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Collected Sermons A06521

Printed
6. Ieſus ſaid vnto him, I am the WaieWay, the Truth, and the Life. No man commeth vnto the Father but by me.
With rule
6. Ieſus ſaid vnto him, I am the WaieWay, the Truth, and the Life. No man commeth vnto the Father but by me.
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 469 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
To what ende God calleth his lawe a WaieWay.
With rule
To what ende God calleth his lawe a WaieWay.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
Whether it be possible for vs to walke throughout in the WaieWay of the Lord
With rule
Whether it be possible for vs to walke throughout in the WaieWay of the Lord
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
The meaning of these wordes, Th… WaieWay which Iesus Christ made is freshe.
With rule
The meaning of these wordes, Th… WaieWay which Iesus Christ made is freshe.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
… hande, seeing we bee so frow…rd as to turne aside from the right WaieWay.
With rule
… hande, seeing we bee so frow…rd as to turne aside from the right WaieWay.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
Of a WaieWay which is verie harde, and verie plaine and easie: which waieway the Lorde sheweth …
With rule
Of a WaieWay which is verie harde, and verie plaine and easie: which waieway the Lorde sheweth …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader