Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7531 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mennemen

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

Puritas changed it: 2,480 times in 174 works
Consistency: 99.1% (2,480 of 2,502)
Reach if approved: ~2,629 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: men
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,502 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,480 changes in 174 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,480)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is it of hym secretelye ministred. We knowe not frō whēce it cometh whē mennemen are borne of the spirit. Iohan Baptist knewe Christ in his mothers wōbe, & yet …
With rule
… is it of hym secretelye ministred. We knowe not frō whēce it cometh whē mennemen are borne of the spirit. Iohan Baptist knewe Christ in his mothers wōbe, & yet …
John Bale · A Dialogue to be had at Table Between Two Children · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hys immutable iuſtice muſte require theſame. The ordenarye puniſhmentes and plagues ſheweth examples / What mennemen then hauynge vnderſtandynge / can ceaſe to prophecye?
With rule
… Hys immutable iuſtice muſte require theſame. The ordenarye puniſhmentes and plagues ſheweth examples / What mennemen then hauynge vnderſtandynge / can ceaſe to prophecye?
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… wealth, and more griefe then confort vnto the people. For nowe a dayes ryche mennemen and rulers do catche, purchesse, and procure vnto them selues great commodities from many …
With rule
… wealth, and more griefe then confort vnto the people. For nowe a dayes ryche mennemen and rulers do catche, purchesse, and procure vnto them selues great commodities from many …
Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… trash. And here I wyl rehearse a storye, that happened at Augspurg, that al mennemen may se, vpon what ground thei build their idolatri and supersticion. In the discourse …
With rule
… trash. And here I wyl rehearse a storye, that happened at Augspurg, that al mennemen may se, vpon what ground thei build their idolatri and supersticion. In the discourse …
Martin Luther · Admonition to the Germans · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the bloude of thy Martirs, O Iesu. Let that whore behated of al mennemen, lette her be desolate, comfortlesse and naked, yea let the verye fleshe of her …
With rule
… with the bloude of thy Martirs, O Iesu. Let that whore behated of al mennemen, lette her be desolate, comfortlesse and naked, yea let the verye fleshe of her …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
… led captiue, and broughte into bondage, bycause they haue no knowledge. And theyr noble mennemen haue dyed for honger, and theyr army haue peryshed for thyrste. They haue cast …
With rule
… led captiue, and broughte into bondage, bycause they haue no knowledge. And theyr noble mennemen haue dyed for honger, and theyr army haue peryshed for thyrste. They haue cast …
Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader
Printed
… this that foloweth. As towchyng t… mouynge and course of th… hea…ens, bycause mennemen may see th…ym, they myghte also (as they haue doo…) by longe and …
With rule
… this that foloweth. As towchyng t… mouynge and course of th… hea…ens, bycause mennemen may see th…ym, they myghte also (as they haue doo…) by longe and …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… prooueth, that the adulterer is more abhominable then the Theefe. And the cauſe why mennemen make ſo ſmall accounte of this ſinne, is, that the adulterer, and the adultereſſe …
With rule
… prooueth, that the adulterer is more abhominable then the Theefe. And the cauſe why mennemen make ſo ſmall accounte of this ſinne, is, that the adulterer, and the adultereſſe …
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

21 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

Printed
2 His name to discusse. MenneMen called him husse.
With rule
2 His name to discusse. MenneMen called him husse.
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
3 His name you shall here. MenneMen call him Luthere.
With rule
3 His name you shall here. MenneMen call him Luthere.
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 14 · Open in the reader

The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty A05142

Printed
… os fortes. Some Translacyons haue Viros sapientes. The Englishe translaciō hath it verye welll. MenneMen of actyuitye that haue stomakes to do theyr office, thei must not be milke …
With rule
… os fortes. Some Translacyons haue Viros sapientes. The Englishe translaciō hath it verye welll. MenneMen of actyuitye that haue stomakes to do theyr office, thei must not be milke …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… loue of God lette remedye be hadde, lette vs wrestele and stryue agaynste synne? MenneMen of Englande in tymes paste, when they woulde exercyse theym selues (for we must …
With rule
… loue of God lette remedye be hadde, lette vs wrestele and stryue agaynste synne? MenneMen of Englande in tymes paste, when they woulde exercyse theym selues (for we must …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

Printed
… loue of God let remedy be had, let vs wrastle and stryue against synne. MenneMen of England in tymes past, when they would exercyse themselues (for we must nedes …
With rule
… loue of God let remedy be had, let vs wrastle and stryue against synne. MenneMen of England in tymes past, when they would exercyse themselues (for we must nedes …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 70 · Open in the reader

An Invective Against Swearing A06866

Printed
… Prestes, is now so do dymme, y^• it shewethe almoste no …yght at al. MenneMen y^• walke in darknes can not perceaue how to walke, the Prestes are so …
With rule
… Prestes, is now so do dymme, y^• it shewethe almoste no …yght at al. MenneMen y^• walke in darknes can not perceaue how to walke, the Prestes are so …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader
Printed
MenneMen of occupacion. Folio. xviii
With rule
MenneMen of occupacion. Folio. xviii
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader
Printed
MenneMen of lawe. fol. eodem
With rule
MenneMen of lawe. fol. eodem
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader
Printed
MenneMen of occupacion. folio xciii
With rule
MenneMen of occupacion. folio xciii
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field A06897

Printed
MenneMen to deuoure,
With rule
MenneMen to deuoure,
Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… geuinge, a propiciatorie, satisfactorie, and expietorie sacrifice for the quicke and the dead &c. MenneMen easely fall into errours, when they haue not the holy ghost to be their …
With rule
… geuinge, a propiciatorie, satisfactorie, and expietorie sacrifice for the quicke and the dead &c. MenneMen easely fall into errours, when they haue not the holy ghost to be their …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… daye: yet canne not our Faithe be excited and stirred vp to beleue hym. MenneMen wyll not beleue, tyll they haue great abundance of all necessarye thynges. As long …
With rule
… daye: yet canne not our Faithe be excited and stirred vp to beleue hym. MenneMen wyll not beleue, tyll they haue great abundance of all necessarye thynges. As long …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
And therefore, where as MenneMen lyued Brutyshlye in open feldes, hauing neither house to shroude them in, nor attyre …
With rule
And therefore, where as MenneMen lyued Brutyshlye in open feldes, hauing neither house to shroude them in, nor attyre …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… pain that poysoneth a mannes honestie, and seketh to obscure and darken his estimacion? MenneMen bee well accepted emong the wise, not for their bodies, but for their vertues …
With rule
… pain that poysoneth a mannes honestie, and seketh to obscure and darken his estimacion? MenneMen bee well accepted emong the wise, not for their bodies, but for their vertues …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet wyll they of a purpose vse translated wordes. And the reason is this. MenneMen counte it a poynte of witte to passe ouer suche woordes as are at …
With rule
… yet wyll they of a purpose vse translated wordes. And the reason is this. MenneMen counte it a poynte of witte to passe ouer suche woordes as are at …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 91 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
… impossible that any manne shoulde serue God truely, which desireth to please mennemen, Gala. 1. 10. MenneMen must be regarded: but not so as that we shuld curry fauour with them …
With rule
… impossible that any manne shoulde serue God truely, which desireth to please mennemen, Gala. 1. 10. MenneMen must be regarded: but not so as that we shuld curry fauour with them …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 584 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ouercome death, he lyfted vppe his minde towarde the triumph whiche should immediately follow. MenneMen are woont to tosse many things too and fro in their mindes, when as …
With rule
… ouercome death, he lyfted vppe his minde towarde the triumph whiche should immediately follow. MenneMen are woont to tosse many things too and fro in their mindes, when as …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 310 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

Printed
… the people, that it denieth nothyng to hym that doeth what lieth in him. MenneMen are in deede to be taught that Gods goodnesse is layed open for all …
With rule
… the people, that it denieth nothyng to hym that doeth what lieth in him. MenneMen are in deede to be taught that Gods goodnesse is layed open for all …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Thirty-One Epigrams A19663

Printed
MenneMen hauing my power?
With rule
MenneMen hauing my power?
Robert Crowley · Thirty-One Epigrams · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
… at libertie, too feele the good lucke that hee hathe ſente vs. But what? MenneMen are alwayes ſo full of vanitie, as they can neuer make themſelues merry without …
With rule
… at libertie, too feele the good lucke that hee hathe ſente vs. But what? MenneMen are alwayes ſo full of vanitie, as they can neuer make themſelues merry without …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 54 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

Printed
… but we muſt obſerue in the meane time, that men doe reioyce diuerſe wayes. MenneMen are glad many times of the deſtruction of their enemies, and that of hatred …
With rule
… but we muſt obſerue in the meane time, that men doe reioyce diuerſe wayes. MenneMen are glad many times of the deſtruction of their enemies, and that of hatred …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 553 · Open in the reader