Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7512 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fyndefind

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

Puritas changed it: 1,362 times in 215 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,362 of 1,367)
Reach if approved: ~1,436 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: find
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,367 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,362 changes in 215 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,362)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the furtheraunce of the knowledge of God: by that you do with out cauſe, fyndefind faute with the diligent tranſlations of good men, cōdemnyng them by your counſayles, and …
With rule
… the furtheraunce of the knowledge of God: by that you do with out cauſe, fyndefind faute with the diligent tranſlations of good men, cōdemnyng them by your counſayles, and …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxviii · Open in the reader
Printed
And onlye Gods worde, to ſubdue the cruell fyndefind.
With rule
And onlye Gods worde, to ſubdue the cruell fyndefind.
John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader
Printed
… went to the Aungell, and receyued the booke, for hée y^t will séeke shall fyndefind.
With rule
… went to the Aungell, and receyued the booke, for hée y^t will séeke shall fyndefind.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a lower eſtate, if the Lord ſhould ſo ſee it good: hopyng to fyndefind the Lorde very good to him in the ſame. Beholde a meditation in riches …
With rule
… of a lower eſtate, if the Lord ſhould ſo ſee it good: hopyng to fyndefind the Lorde very good to him in the ſame. Beholde a meditation in riches …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… dyd appertayne to the Shoomakers arte: but when paſſing his boundes he began to fyndefind faulte whith the clothes alſo, Apelles ſayde to hym, Nihil Sutor vltra crepidam, which …
With rule
… dyd appertayne to the Shoomakers arte: but when paſſing his boundes he began to fyndefind faulte whith the clothes alſo, Apelles ſayde to hym, Nihil Sutor vltra crepidam, which …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on styll, & make no restitucion, vntil ye go to hangyng, ye are lyke to fyndefind desperaciō at the end of your life, because ye wold not by restitucion amend …
With rule
… on styll, & make no restitucion, vntil ye go to hangyng, ye are lyke to fyndefind desperaciō at the end of your life, because ye wold not by restitucion amend …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… iuſtice. If we would looke on our ſelues at home, thē ſurely we ſhould fyndefind theſe defectes that iuſtly offende others. This thing ſurely ought to admoniſh vs, not …
With rule
… iuſtice. If we would looke on our ſelues at home, thē ſurely we ſhould fyndefind theſe defectes that iuſtly offende others. This thing ſurely ought to admoniſh vs, not …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… name euery one by his lettre, and when thou haſt founde hym, thou ſhalt fyndefind there a trewe introduction to the forſayde hiſtorie, howe be it there is to …
With rule
… name euery one by his lettre, and when thou haſt founde hym, thou ſhalt fyndefind there a trewe introduction to the forſayde hiſtorie, howe be it there is to …
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

Printed
2 FyndeFind the meanes that she may know (sayth the Lord Iesus) y^t this is to …
With rule
2 FyndeFind the meanes that she may know (sayth the Lord Iesus) y^t this is to …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London A04917

Printed
… ſaye in their mouthe / the Lord lyueth / yet were their othes nothinge but lyes. FyndeFind me one man / that doth equitie & iuſtice &c. to hym will I be mercifull …
With rule
… ſaye in their mouthe / the Lord lyueth / yet were their othes nothinge but lyes. FyndeFind me one man / that doth equitie & iuſtice &c. to hym will I be mercifull …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

An Admonition to the Faithful in London A04918

Printed
… they coulde … theyr mouthes: The Lorde lyueth, yet were theyr othes nothing but lyes. FyndeFind me one man that doth … & iustice. &c. And to him wil I be merciful …
With rule
… they coulde … theyr mouthes: The Lorde lyueth, yet were theyr othes nothing but lyes. FyndeFind me one man that doth … & iustice. &c. And to him wil I be merciful …
John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 A18081

Printed
A TABLE, VVHEREBY YT IS NOT VNEASY TO FYNDEFIND, ANY OF the principal pointes, conteined in this part of the booK.
With rule
A TABLE, VVHEREBY YT IS NOT VNEASY TO FYNDEFIND, ANY OF the principal pointes, conteined in this part of the booK.
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 · Open in the reader

The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel A19666

Printed
FyndeFind it ſo light,
With rule
FyndeFind it ſo light,
Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader