Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4815 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

occupieoccupy

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

Puritas changed it: 537 times in 282 works
Consistency: 100% (537 of 537)
Reach if approved: ~564 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: occupy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 537 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (537 changes in 282 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 537)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Quhais ȝouth did occupieoccupy in lufe,
With rule
Quhais ȝouth did occupieoccupy in lufe,
David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader
Printed
… be Printed in their vulgare tounges, an din stede thereof, haue geuen them to occupieoccupy theyr braynes withall, fables of Robin Hood, of Gie of Warrike, of Geuis of …
With rule
… be Printed in their vulgare tounges, an din stede thereof, haue geuen them to occupieoccupy theyr braynes withall, fables of Robin Hood, of Gie of Warrike, of Geuis of …
Martin Luther · Sermon Concerning the Coming of our Savior · Open in the reader
Printed
… if he were a worker of feates) can turne about in a circle, and occupieoccupy his fingers about making croſſes, caſt his armes all abroad, lift them vp and …
With rule
… if he were a worker of feates) can turne about in a circle, and occupieoccupy his fingers about making croſſes, caſt his armes all abroad, lift them vp and …
Peter Moffett · The Excellency of the Mystery of Christ Jesus · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ambrose thinketh that he did this to stoppe the mouthes of talkers, and to occupieoccupy their wits.
With rule
… Ambrose thinketh that he did this to stoppe the mouthes of talkers, and to occupieoccupy their wits.
William Perkins · The Government of the Tongue · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he might bee plyable to the yoake, and draw in my plough, and to occupieoccupy him in my ſeruice. But he loues to take his eaſe, and onely followeth …
With rule
… he might bee plyable to the yoake, and draw in my plough, and to occupieoccupy him in my ſeruice. But he loues to take his eaſe, and onely followeth …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… themselues to bee the sonnes of Abraham, that is, the sonnes of God, and occupieoccupy no small ro…mes in the Churche, but euen the highest oftentimes, as Ismael …
With rule
… themselues to bee the sonnes of Abraham, that is, the sonnes of God, and occupieoccupy no small ro…mes in the Churche, but euen the highest oftentimes, as Ismael …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
Printed
… equitie. Their generall right in Chriſt is to giue them libertie to hold and occupieoccupy ſo much as God by the hand of his prouidence ſhall reach out vnto …
With rule
… equitie. Their generall right in Chriſt is to giue them libertie to hold and occupieoccupy ſo much as God by the hand of his prouidence ſhall reach out vnto …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Where are they to be founde whome the care of their brethren doeth ſo occupieoccupy, that it taketh them vp from ſome of their lawfull commodities, pleaſures, and cares …
With rule
… Where are they to be founde whome the care of their brethren doeth ſo occupieoccupy, that it taketh them vp from ſome of their lawfull commodities, pleaſures, and cares …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 221 · 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.