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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7549 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

setteset

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

Puritas changed it
1,925 times in 326 works
Consistency
99.7% (1,925 of 1,930)
Reach if approved
~2,028 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: set
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,930 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,925 changes in 326 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,925)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſhall we continue ſtill in ſinne, that grace may abounde? In which wordes is ſetteset downe the obiection, the aunſweringe in theſe wordes: God forbidde. And here this muſt …
    With rule
    … ſhall we continue ſtill in ſinne, that grace may abounde? In which wordes is ſetteset downe the obiection, the aunſweringe in theſe wordes: God forbidde. And here this muſt …

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vp with pride, you swell with immeasurable vayne glorious persuasion of fleshly courage, and setteset all other nations at naught, as though you alone were the onely inheritaunce of …
    With rule
    … vp with pride, you swell with immeasurable vayne glorious persuasion of fleshly courage, and setteset all other nations at naught, as though you alone were the onely inheritaunce of …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … consider nothing else, but …ho is set foorth, and the greatnes of the thinges setteset …rth. Therefore (saith Sander) it is not breade and …ine that is set forth …
    With rule
    … consider nothing else, but …ho is set foorth, and the greatnes of the thinges setteset …rth. Therefore (saith Sander) it is not breade and …ine that is set forth …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 653 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    You wyll ſetteset vp the Maſſe your owne worke to pacifie the father for the ſinnes of …
    With rule
    You wyll ſetteset vp the Maſſe your owne worke to pacifie the father for the ſinnes of …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … mercy vpon thousandes, but there bee thousands also which he hardeneth. Christ hath therefore setteset the bounds, he hath fixed the limittes of his saving mercy, within the compasse …
    With rule
    … mercy vpon thousandes, but there bee thousands also which he hardeneth. Christ hath therefore setteset the bounds, he hath fixed the limittes of his saving mercy, within the compasse …

    Richard Hooker · Justification Works and How the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … therfore do they euery day deuise new wayes to gette money by extortiō. Nether setteset they their mindes vpon defending or mainteining of peace, but that (being enriched aboue …
    With rule
    … therfore do they euery day deuise new wayes to gette money by extortiō. Nether setteset they their mindes vpon defending or mainteining of peace, but that (being enriched aboue …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 408 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … three nights together, continually and without intermiſſion, a great parte of the citie was ſetteset on fire and conſumed. And Phillip the Emperour was ſlayne at Varona, and his …
    With rule
    … three nights together, continually and without intermiſſion, a great parte of the citie was ſetteset on fire and conſumed. And Phillip the Emperour was ſlayne at Varona, and his …

    Alexander Leighton · A Short Treatise Against Stage Plays · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … But alſo arrogantly and contemptuouſly forbidde condemne, and blaſpheme theſame, for he reſye. And ſetteset thē ſelues therewith agaynſte and aboue Chriſte, oure Lorde and God.
    With rule
    … But alſo arrogantly and contemptuouſly forbidde condemne, and blaſpheme theſame, for he reſye. And ſetteset thē ſelues therewith agaynſte and aboue Chriſte, oure Lorde and God.

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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.

Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith A13969

  • Printed
    … thou greatlie desire to prefer Gods commandements, before thine own present profit and commoditie? SetteSet Noah before thine eyes, who at Gods commandement making no great account of the …
    With rule
    … thou greatlie desire to prefer Gods commandements, before thine own present profit and commoditie? SetteSet Noah before thine eyes, who at Gods commandement making no great account of the …

    Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 50 · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown A19671

  • Printed
    SetteSet the Lordes feare before thy face:
    With rule
    SetteSet the Lordes feare before thy face:

    Robert Crowley · The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 13-14 A20549

  • Printed
    … without cauſe, or neede, directe his petition to GOD for helpe from heauen, ſaying, SetteSet thou O Lord a watche before my mouth, and keepe the doore of my …
    With rule
    … without cauſe, or neede, directe his petition to GOD for helpe from heauen, ſaying, SetteSet thou O Lord a watche before my mouth, and keepe the doore of my …

    John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 13-14 · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    … carelesse, why doe you make your selfe carefull: Cast all your care on him. SetteSet the Lorde before your eyes alwaies, for he is on your right side, yt …
    With rule
    … carelesse, why doe you make your selfe carefull: Cast all your care on him. SetteSet the Lorde before your eyes alwaies, for he is on your right side, yt …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1834 · Open in the reader