Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4622 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

faylethfaileth

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

Puritas changed it: 267 times in 154 works
Consistency: 100% (267 of 267)
Reach if approved: ~281 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: faileth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 267 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (267 changes in 154 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 267)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is sufficient to direct them generally, and particulerly. And last of all, it neuer faylethfaileth them, but directeth them to the end: but the knowledge of the wicked is …
With rule
… is sufficient to direct them generally, and particulerly. And last of all, it neuer faylethfaileth them, but directeth them to the end: but the knowledge of the wicked is …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… be far from, yet (as Salomon ſaith) cō mitting adultery vvith a vvoman, he faylethfaileth in heart and deſtroyeth his owne ſoule. Prov. 6.32. The ſame is the caſe of …
With rule
… be far from, yet (as Salomon ſaith) cō mitting adultery vvith a vvoman, he faylethfaileth in heart and deſtroyeth his owne ſoule. Prov. 6.32. The ſame is the caſe of …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all, to the good of duty, to the bad of pitty. In deepenes it faylethfaileth neuer, it vvill not forſake a frend in miſery, noe nor in extremity, noe …
With rule
… all, to the good of duty, to the bad of pitty. In deepenes it faylethfaileth neuer, it vvill not forſake a frend in miſery, noe nor in extremity, noe …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… exhorted thē vnto repentaunce, & amendment of lyfe. For whā the preachyng of gods worde faylethfaileth, sayth Salomon, thā doth the people perysh and go to hanocke. Christ had moch …
With rule
… exhorted thē vnto repentaunce, & amendment of lyfe. For whā the preachyng of gods worde faylethfaileth, sayth Salomon, thā doth the people perysh and go to hanocke. Christ had moch …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader
Printed
… vſe it at the end of their inſtructions and exhortations: and thus this argument faylethfaileth in the ground of that compariſon from whence it is taken.
With rule
… vſe it at the end of their inſtructions and exhortations: and thus this argument faylethfaileth in the ground of that compariſon from whence it is taken.
John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deceiueth and is deceiued, and euen Honestie it selfe growes like Dishonestie, while it faylethfaileth to performe what it promised, because another promise fayled it. No Trade prospers so …
With rule
… deceiueth and is deceiued, and euen Honestie it selfe growes like Dishonestie, while it faylethfaileth to performe what it promised, because another promise fayled it. No Trade prospers so …
Francis Rous · Oil of Scorpions · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the promesse hys propre foundatiō that yf ye take the promesse awaye, it forthwyth faylethfaileth & goeth to nought. Wherfore so longe as the Lorde offerethe vs hys mercy by …
With rule
… the promesse hys propre foundatiō that yf ye take the promesse awaye, it forthwyth faylethfaileth & goeth to nought. Wherfore so longe as the Lorde offerethe vs hys mercy by …
Richard Taverner · A Catechism · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our feeble nature is able to do: and where the weakneſſe of the fleſhe faylethfaileth, there let the inuincible power and notable ſtrength of thy holy ſpirite ſupplie. We …
With rule
… our feeble nature is able to do: and where the weakneſſe of the fleſhe faylethfaileth, there let the inuincible power and notable ſtrength of thy holy ſpirite ſupplie. We …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · 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.