Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4719 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

likelyhoodlikelihood

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

Puritas changed it: 871 times in 466 works
Consistency: 98.0% (871 of 888)
Reach if approved: ~933 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: likelihood
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 888 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (871 changes in 466 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 871)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… yeelding themſelues to be ordred by thoſe whom they ſhould withſtand, there is no likelyhoodlikelihood that they haue an intent to Fight. So in this caſe, when men generally …
With rule
… yeelding themſelues to be ordred by thoſe whom they ſhould withſtand, there is no likelyhoodlikelihood that they haue an intent to Fight. So in this caſe, when men generally …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his ſuffering Gods puniſhments for vs. There is no reaſon in the world, nor likelyhoodlikelihood, that the natural faculty in Chriſts Soule of proper and immediat ſuffering for our …
With rule
… his ſuffering Gods puniſhments for vs. There is no reaſon in the world, nor likelyhoodlikelihood, that the natural faculty in Chriſts Soule of proper and immediat ſuffering for our …
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſides they might wound the Goſpell and truth which they profeſſed, but with what likelyhoodlikelihood of truth I pray you marke and iudge, and becauſe matters of fact can …
With rule
… ſides they might wound the Goſpell and truth which they profeſſed, but with what likelyhoodlikelihood of truth I pray you marke and iudge, and becauſe matters of fact can …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 447 · Open in the reader
Printed
… well husbanded and manured yeeld no profit, that deſerues curſing. Our ground in all likelyhoodlikelihood ſhould bee well husbanded and manured. Here is much preaching, much hearing, but where …
With rule
… well husbanded and manured yeeld no profit, that deſerues curſing. Our ground in all likelyhoodlikelihood ſhould bee well husbanded and manured. Here is much preaching, much hearing, but where …
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the other two were his brethren. Therefore the answere is, that in all likelyhoodlikelihood they three were Proselites; and that by Abrahams godly perswasions they had renounced Idolatry …
With rule
… and the other two were his brethren. Therefore the answere is, that in all likelyhoodlikelihood they three were Proselites; and that by Abrahams godly perswasions they had renounced Idolatry …
William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one father, ioined in one fellowship of study and learning, wherein Cicero requireth a likelyhoodlikelihood of manners and affection. But the neerest band of all is Religion, where of …
With rule
… one father, ioined in one fellowship of study and learning, wherein Cicero requireth a likelyhoodlikelihood of manners and affection. But the neerest band of all is Religion, where of …
John Rainolds · The Prophecy of Obadiah Opened and Applied · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… y^e Apostels request, to haue this woman dispatched: But alas w^e what colour or likelyhoodlikelihood of reason? For first this womā desireth none of them all to be her …
With rule
… y^e Apostels request, to haue this woman dispatched: But alas w^e what colour or likelyhoodlikelihood of reason? For first this womā desireth none of them all to be her …
William Fulke · A Comfortable Sermon of Faith in Temptations · Open in the reader
Printed
… reaſon enquires into the workes of all theſe, uſing thereto ſaying and gain-ſaying, likelyhoodlikelihood and unlikelyhood, and arguing on every ſide, till it come to a concluſion, in …
With rule
… reaſon enquires into the workes of all theſe, uſing thereto ſaying and gain-ſaying, likelyhoodlikelihood and unlikelyhood, and arguing on every ſide, till it come to a concluſion, in …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Parallels Censures A12557

Printed
The firſt LikelyhoodLikelihood againſt the Sep. is thus framed.
With rule
The firſt LikelyhoodLikelihood againſt the Sep. is thus framed.
John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
The ſecond LikelyhoodLikelihood againſt the Sep. is thus framed.
With rule
The ſecond LikelyhoodLikelihood againſt the Sep. is thus framed.
John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
The third LikelyhoodLikelihood againſt the Sep. is framed thus.
With rule
The third LikelyhoodLikelihood againſt the Sep. is framed thus.
John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
The 5. LikelyhoodLikelihood againſt Sep, may be framed thus.
With rule
The 5. LikelyhoodLikelihood againſt Sep, may be framed thus.
John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
But in this LikelyhoodLikelihood you have a ſting at me in particular Mr. Ber. charging me with divers …
With rule
But in this LikelyhoodLikelihood you have a ſting at me in particular Mr. Ber. charging me with divers …
John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 128 · Open in the reader

Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times A27006

Printed
… many Preachers through the Land (as is said) on the same work, that in LikelyhoodLikelihood many thousand Souls are the better for it; And the predominant Prelates murmured and …
With rule
… many Preachers through the Land (as is said) on the same work, that in LikelyhoodLikelihood many thousand Souls are the better for it; And the predominant Prelates murmured and …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 48 · Open in the reader

The Right Method for a Settled Peace of Conscience A27009

Printed
… Certain that they are ſincere. Suppoſe it be ſo: Do you ſee no great LikelyhoodLikelihood or hopes yet that they are ſincere? If you do (as I think many …
With rule
… Certain that they are ſincere. Suppoſe it be ſo: Do you ſee no great LikelyhoodLikelihood or hopes yet that they are ſincere? If you do (as I think many …
Richard Baxter · The Right Method for a Settled Peace of Conscience · p. 494 · Open in the reader