Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4604 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

alacritiealacrity

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

Puritas changed it: 237 times in 140 works
Consistency: 97.5% (237 of 243)
Reach if approved: ~255 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: alacrity
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 243 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (237 changes in 140 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 237)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… moſte cherefull and merie myndes: as of ſainct Agatha, who ſhewed more ioye and alacritiealacrity when ſhee was haled and drawen into Priſon, then if ſhee had gone to …
With rule
… moſte cherefull and merie myndes: as of ſainct Agatha, who ſhewed more ioye and alacritiealacrity when ſhee was haled and drawen into Priſon, then if ſhee had gone to …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mingled with some earth are commonly hot, and therefore haue as it were some alacritiealacrity and hastinesse in them, and the corne as soone as it is cast into …
With rule
… mingled with some earth are commonly hot, and therefore haue as it were some alacritiealacrity and hastinesse in them, and the corne as soone as it is cast into …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 573 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them to perseuere both totally and finally, without end or interruption, with greater securitie, alacritiealacrity, speed and cheerefulnesse: Wherefore they doe not necessarily implie, that the Saints of God …
With rule
… them to perseuere both totally and finally, without end or interruption, with greater securitie, alacritiealacrity, speed and cheerefulnesse: Wherefore they doe not necessarily implie, that the Saints of God …
William Prynne · The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſet theſe bounds; firſt, Neceſſitie to ſatisfie Nature; to quench Thirſt; ſecondly, Chearefulneſſe and alacritiealacrity, which ſome call Poculum Helaritatis. To the third, which they call the Cup of …
With rule
… ſet theſe bounds; firſt, Neceſſitie to ſatisfie Nature; to quench Thirſt; ſecondly, Chearefulneſſe and alacritiealacrity, which ſome call Poculum Helaritatis. To the third, which they call the Cup of …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 428 · Open in the reader
Printed
… could atteyne to, who never brought all their auditors to unfeigned endeavour and fervent alacritiealacrity in seeking of God) I say he knoweth such particulars, and will not impart …
With rule
… could atteyne to, who never brought all their auditors to unfeigned endeavour and fervent alacritiealacrity in seeking of God) I say he knoweth such particulars, and will not impart …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Angell, eyther implying the worth of the worke, or else that the best alacritiealacrity may admit excitation. Alphonsus, that renowned King, in a speech to the Popes Embassadour …
With rule
… the Angell, eyther implying the worth of the worke, or else that the best alacritiealacrity may admit excitation. Alphonsus, that renowned King, in a speech to the Popes Embassadour …
Samuel Ward · A Peace Offering to God · Open in the reader
Printed
… muste well examine their purpose and manner of dooing penaunce. that is, wyth what alacritiealacrity of minde, teares, patience, humilitie, good workes, they accomplished the same, and accordingly to …
With rule
… muste well examine their purpose and manner of dooing penaunce. that is, wyth what alacritiealacrity of minde, teares, patience, humilitie, good workes, they accomplished the same, and accordingly to …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 359 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I performe? In former times I haue ſerued ſinne and Satan with more willingneſſe, alacritiealacrity and paines: I haue beene readie to run whither the Deuill droue me; I …
With rule
… I performe? In former times I haue ſerued ſinne and Satan with more willingneſſe, alacritiealacrity and paines: I haue beene readie to run whither the Deuill droue me; I …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 394 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Guide to Go to God A01975

Printed
3. AlacritieAlacrity. There is nothing wherein the heauenly ſpirits ſhew more cheerefulneſſe then in doing Gods …
With rule
3. AlacritieAlacrity. There is nothing wherein the heauenly ſpirits ſhew more cheerefulneſſe then in doing Gods …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… obedience is: as when it is ſweetned with Sinceritie, ſeaſoned with Integritie, quickened with AlacritieAlacrity, enlarged with Sedulitie, inflamed with Ardencie, followed and crowned with conſtancie. The more excellent …
With rule
… obedience is: as when it is ſweetned with Sinceritie, ſeaſoned with Integritie, quickened with AlacritieAlacrity, enlarged with Sedulitie, inflamed with Ardencie, followed and crowned with conſtancie. The more excellent …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 91 · Open in the reader

The Christian Warfare Part 3 A20756

Printed
… with carnal ioy in the pleaſures of ſinne, and deſperate griefe for worldly loſſes; AlacritieAlacrity and chearefulneſſe in Gods ſeruice, with carnall chearefulneſſe in purſuing our ſenſuall and ſinnefull …
With rule
… with carnal ioy in the pleaſures of ſinne, and deſperate griefe for worldly loſſes; AlacritieAlacrity and chearefulneſſe in Gods ſeruice, with carnall chearefulneſſe in purſuing our ſenſuall and ſinnefull …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 3 · p. 216 · Open in the reader