Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4792 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

falsifiefalsify

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

Puritas changed it: 655 times in 395 works
Consistency: 99.2% (655 of 660)
Reach if approved: ~693 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: falsify
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 660 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (655 changes in 395 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 655)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the favour of the King, or of ſome great men, yea they will rather falſifiefalsify the trueth of God for ever: how many ſuch are there to be found …
With rule
… the favour of the King, or of ſome great men, yea they will rather falſifiefalsify the trueth of God for ever: how many ſuch are there to be found …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… strokes, yet my louing kindnes will I not take from him, neyther will I falsifiefalsify my trueth. For as a father withdraweth from his child sometimes his loue, & whippeth …
With rule
… strokes, yet my louing kindnes will I not take from him, neyther will I falsifiefalsify my trueth. For as a father withdraweth from his child sometimes his loue, & whippeth …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Abraham; and all the rebellions of his children could not make him to falſifiefalsify his word; but at the time appointed, they received the promiſes, and inherited the …
With rule
… to Abraham; and all the rebellions of his children could not make him to falſifiefalsify his word; but at the time appointed, they received the promiſes, and inherited the …
Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Both stirred vp by Sathan to murther the Messias (if they could) and to falsifiefalsify the promise of this manifestation, purposed before of God from euerlasting. Salomon at twelue …
With rule
… Both stirred vp by Sathan to murther the Messias (if they could) and to falsifiefalsify the promise of this manifestation, purposed before of God from euerlasting. Salomon at twelue …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… third reaſon. It is leſſe evill that ſome one ſhould doe amiſſe, then to falſifiefalsify the right of the whole lawe. Thus theſe: better that ſome be ſcandalized, then …
With rule
… third reaſon. It is leſſe evill that ſome one ſhould doe amiſſe, then to falſifiefalsify the right of the whole lawe. Thus theſe: better that ſome be ſcandalized, then …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the hypocrite, sycophant, parasite and flatterer: if you will learne to cogge, lie and falsifiefalsify; to jest, laugh, and fleere; to grin, nodde, and mow; to play the vice …
With rule
… the hypocrite, sycophant, parasite and flatterer: if you will learne to cogge, lie and falsifiefalsify; to jest, laugh, and fleere; to grin, nodde, and mow; to play the vice …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 793 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs aliue, yet do we what wee may to kill our selues, and to falsifiefalsify our couenant with him: who therefore beeing offended will chastise vs with temporall iudgements …
With rule
… vs aliue, yet do we what wee may to kill our selues, and to falsifiefalsify our couenant with him: who therefore beeing offended will chastise vs with temporall iudgements …
Francis Rous · Meditations · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… faith) that the pope led men to hell, that he and his clergy did falſifiefalsify the doctrine of Chriſt, that maſſes were naught & not to be ſaied for the …
With rule
… faith) that the pope led men to hell, that he and his clergy did falſifiefalsify the doctrine of Chriſt, that maſſes were naught & not to be ſaied for the …
Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 60 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Law A00741

Printed
18 Eliz. cap. 1. To Impaire, Diminiſh, FalſifieFalsify, Scale, or Lighten any money by any Art, waies or meanes whatſoeuer.
With rule
18 Eliz. cap. 1. To Impaire, Diminiſh, FalſifieFalsify, Scale, or Lighten any money by any Art, waies or meanes whatſoeuer.
Henry Finch · Law · p. 222 · Open in the reader

Of Christian Prudence A47306

Printed
… to succeed by the least Sin. We must never make Lyes our Refuge, or FalsifieFalsify by Word or Practice; nor make our selves better, or others, even our Enemies …
With rule
… to succeed by the least Sin. We must never make Lyes our Refuge, or FalsifieFalsify by Word or Practice; nor make our selves better, or others, even our Enemies …
John Kettlewell · Of Christian Prudence · p. 177 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
FalsifieFalsify]
With rule
FalsifieFalsify]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 213 · Open in the reader