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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5182 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stupiditiestupidity

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

Puritas changed it
174 times in 125 works
Consistency
96.1% (174 of 181)
Reach if approved
~190 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: stupidity
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
181 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (174 changes in 125 works, 96.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 174)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … slumber, which sometimes they render by the word foreign 1. Sam. 26.12. which is a kind of stupiditiestupidity, senselesnes, or astonishment, which in effect is all one. 2. Psal. 60.5. Thou hast made vs …
    With rule
    … slumber, which sometimes they render by the word foreign 1. Sam. 26.12. which is a kind of stupiditiestupidity, senselesnes, or astonishment, which in effect is all one. 2. Psal. 60.5. Thou hast made vs …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 494 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … that man, in matters and mysteries of saluation, but darkenes and blindnesse, childishnesse and stupiditiestupidity.
    With rule
    … that man, in matters and mysteries of saluation, but darkenes and blindnesse, childishnesse and stupiditiestupidity.

    Robert Bolton · The State of True Happiness · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that it die not altogether in vs: partlie by our rebellion, partlie by our ſtupiditiestupidity and dulneſſe, that is to ſay: becauſe wee are ſo lumpiſh, ſo earthlie, ſo …
    With rule
    … that it die not altogether in vs: partlie by our rebellion, partlie by our ſtupiditiestupidity and dulneſſe, that is to ſay: becauſe wee are ſo lumpiſh, ſo earthlie, ſo …

    John Calvin · Sermons on the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … alwaies watchfull, and dayly emploied about good and laudable workes, neuer languiſhing in ſlothfull ſtupiditiestupidity. That this baſe and infamous gourmondizing (which abuſeth thy good gifts, being drowned in …
    With rule
    … alwaies watchfull, and dayly emploied about good and laudable workes, neuer languiſhing in ſlothfull ſtupiditiestupidity. That this baſe and infamous gourmondizing (which abuſeth thy good gifts, being drowned in …

    John Craig · The Mother and the Child · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Eſay. 26.16. The Prophet complaining of the ſins of his time, and of the ſenceleſſe ſtupiditiestupidity of the people, who as it ſeems were not moved nor affected at the …
    With rule
    … Eſay. 26.16. The Prophet complaining of the ſins of his time, and of the ſenceleſſe ſtupiditiestupidity of the people, who as it ſeems were not moved nor affected at the …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſafely & certainly adore Chriſt Ieſus ſitting at the right hand of the Father? What ſtupiditiestupidity is it to worſhip a picture, the worke of mens hands, and to aduenture …
    With rule
    … ſafely & certainly adore Chriſt Ieſus ſitting at the right hand of the Father? What ſtupiditiestupidity is it to worſhip a picture, the worke of mens hands, and to aduenture …

    Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and lay them flat along the earth. Their ſecuritie is but ſenſeleſneſſe and blockiſh ſtupiditiestupidity, and well compared to that of Ionahs, who ſlept moſt ſoundly when hee had …
    With rule
    … and lay them flat along the earth. Their ſecuritie is but ſenſeleſneſſe and blockiſh ſtupiditiestupidity, and well compared to that of Ionahs, who ſlept moſt ſoundly when hee had …

    Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 244 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and croſſes patiently. By Patience, I doe not meane a Stoicall ſenſcleſneſſe, or blockiſh ſtupiditiestupidity, like that of Iſachar. Nor yet a counterſeit patience, like Eſau's, and Abſaloms. Nor …
    With rule
    … and croſſes patiently. By Patience, I doe not meane a Stoicall ſenſcleſneſſe, or blockiſh ſtupiditiestupidity, like that of Iſachar. Nor yet a counterſeit patience, like Eſau's, and Abſaloms. Nor …

    Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · p. 284 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

  • Printed
    … are conſpired and euen ſworne together: Nunquam ego ebrium castum putabo, ſaid Hierome; ſecondly, StupiditieStupidity; They haue ſmitten me, ſhall he ſay, but I haue not felt it. Fiftly …
    With rule
    … are conſpired and euen ſworne together: Nunquam ego ebrium castum putabo, ſaid Hierome; ſecondly, StupiditieStupidity; They haue ſmitten me, ſhall he ſay, but I haue not felt it. Fiftly …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 431 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

  • Printed
    Contrarie hereunto are: 1. StupiditieStupidity ▪ not to be angrie, or moved at all, no not for manifest and notorious …
    With rule
    Contrarie hereunto are: 1. StupiditieStupidity ▪ not to be angrie, or moved at all, no not for manifest and notorious …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 327 · Open in the reader

A Warning Piece for the Slumbering Virgins A94266

  • Printed
    This ſpirituall watch preſuppoſes an awakened heart out of Naturall StupiditieStupidity, and Formall Security.
    With rule
    This ſpirituall watch preſuppoſes an awakened heart out of Naturall StupiditieStupidity, and Formall Security.

    George Scortreth · A Warning Piece for the Slumbering Virgins · p. 11 · Open in the reader