Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7483 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thyngething

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 2,538 times in 176 works
Consistency: 100% (2,538 of 2,538)
Reach if approved: ~2,667 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thing
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,538 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,538 changes in 176 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,538)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… were but a promyse at the bargayne or couenaunt makynge, yet is it a thyngething promy sed in the perfourmaunce or at the paymēt daye. Tyme and place hath …
With rule
… were but a promyse at the bargayne or couenaunt makynge, yet is it a thyngething promy sed in the perfourmaunce or at the paymēt daye. Tyme and place hath …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. lii · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a change; And thirdlye in iudgyng it a fowle heresye to write any thyngething in reproche of the Byshopp of Rome.
With rule
… of a change; And thirdlye in iudgyng it a fowle heresye to write any thyngething in reproche of the Byshopp of Rome.
John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuum facit Eccleſiae Sacramenta. In as muche as in an Allegory there is one thyngething ſpoken, and an other ment, the Heretiques of all times, haue drawne the ſcriptures …
With rule
… ſuum facit Eccleſiae Sacramenta. In as muche as in an Allegory there is one thyngething ſpoken, and an other ment, the Heretiques of all times, haue drawne the ſcriptures …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not holly expresse hym, I wote not what to call hym, but a certayne thyngething, all together made of the hatrede of god, of mistruste in god, of lyenges …
With rule
… not holly expresse hym, I wote not what to call hym, but a certayne thyngething, all together made of the hatrede of god, of mistruste in god, of lyenges …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Stoykes, whiche say, that it is not in mans wyl to do any thyngething, but that all concupiscence and desire cometh of God of what soeuer kynde it …
With rule
… the Stoykes, whiche say, that it is not in mans wyl to do any thyngething, but that all concupiscence and desire cometh of God of what soeuer kynde it …
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader
Printed
… bidde that youre mytte ſynnes / or retayne them / If you ſhall do any ſoche thyngething / you do it not of your ſelues / but whē ye do the ſame by …
With rule
… bidde that youre mytte ſynnes / or retayne them / If you ſhall do any ſoche thyngething / you do it not of your ſelues / but whē ye do the ſame by …
Martin Luther · Sermon on John 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
The lyke thyngething is promised of oure sauioure Christe in the gospel. Ther is no mā saieth …
With rule
The lyke thyngething is promised of oure sauioure Christe in the gospel. Ther is no mā saieth …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader
Printed
… for him vnto the vttrmoost of our power, y^t he may want no good thyngething. It requireth that we beare no false wytnes agaynst our neyghboures, nor obscure hys …
With rule
… for him vnto the vttrmoost of our power, y^t he may want no good thyngething. It requireth that we beare no false wytnes agaynst our neyghboures, nor obscure hys …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · 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.