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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4501 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fayledfailed

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

Puritas changed it
390 times in 224 works
Consistency
100% (390 of 390)
Reach if approved
~412 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: failed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
392 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (390 changes in 224 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 390)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Whereupon he demaundeth whether the Church of the Protestants is that which hath neuer fayledfailed? If wee saye, it is, he demaundeth further, where those markes of preaching and …
    With rule
    … Whereupon he demaundeth whether the Church of the Protestants is that which hath neuer fayledfailed? If wee saye, it is, he demaundeth further, where those markes of preaching and …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … not when he hath deserued it by some sinne, but when he hath onely fayledfailed in this, that he hath geuen occasion to be suspected of any euyll. This …
    With rule
    … not when he hath deserued it by some sinne, but when he hath onely fayledfailed in this, that he hath geuen occasion to be suspected of any euyll. This …

    Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … duty to God and his people, wee muſt needs confeſſe wee have hitherto greatly fayledfailed, but wee will novv be ready the lord ſtrengthning vs rather to be ſacrificed …
    With rule
    … duty to God and his people, wee muſt needs confeſſe wee have hitherto greatly fayledfailed, but wee will novv be ready the lord ſtrengthning vs rather to be ſacrificed …

    Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … horſe, diſcharged his piſtols that hung at his ſaddle, …nd ſo diſmiſſed him. Having fayledfailed of this, he plotteth …he death of his deereſt friends the Proteſtants, whom he …
    With rule
    … horſe, diſcharged his piſtols that hung at his ſaddle, …nd ſo diſmiſſed him. Having fayledfailed of this, he plotteth …he death of his deereſt friends the Proteſtants, whom he …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 164 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … And Iesus was called (and his disciples) vnto the mariage. And when the wyne fayledfailed, the mother of Iesus said vnto him: They haue no wine. Iesus said vnto …
    With rule
    … And Iesus was called (and his disciples) vnto the mariage. And when the wyne fayledfailed, the mother of Iesus said vnto him: They haue no wine. Iesus said vnto …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … out and destroyd Christes gospell wt their destruccion and burning. But as then Herode fayledfailed of his purpose euen so are nowe owre Herodes cruell enforcementes frustrated. Also as …
    With rule
    … out and destroyd Christes gospell wt their destruccion and burning. But as then Herode fayledfailed of his purpose euen so are nowe owre Herodes cruell enforcementes frustrated. Also as …

    Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … it: This he did, and trusted the King for his life; if hee had fayledfailed him, he had been destroyed. These similitudes shew what it is to trust in …
    With rule
    … it: This he did, and trusted the King for his life; if hee had fayledfailed him, he had been destroyed. These similitudes shew what it is to trust in …

    John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 169 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … doubt which might riſe, vpon the reiection of the Iewes. videli. Whether GOD had fayledfailed in performing of his promiſe? ſeeing they were the ſeed of Abraham which were …
    With rule
    … doubt which might riſe, vpon the reiection of the Iewes. videli. Whether GOD had fayledfailed in performing of his promiſe? ſeeing they were the ſeed of Abraham which were …

    John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 43 · 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.