Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7569 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ayreair

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

Puritas changed it: 3,919 times in 1,075 works
Consistency: 99.9% (3,919 of 3,922)
Reach if approved: ~4,122 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: air
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,923 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,919 changes in 1,075 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,919)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Scripture saith, that the sinful Angels being thrust downe into the darknesse of this ayreair, are reserued as it were in prisons of a lower part or hel, to …
With rule
… Scripture saith, that the sinful Angels being thrust downe into the darknesse of this ayreair, are reserued as it were in prisons of a lower part or hel, to …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on earth, as reioyce vs to expect how we muſt meet him in the AyreAir, at the laſt comming of the Lord Ieſus. To which comming of thine (Lord …
With rule
… on earth, as reioyce vs to expect how we muſt meet him in the AyreAir, at the laſt comming of the Lord Ieſus. To which comming of thine (Lord …
John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… confeſſe, that not onely this inſtance which I haue brought, of earth, water and ayreair; but euen the whole frame of Nature did proclaime the Trinitie in the Vnitie …
With rule
… confeſſe, that not onely this inſtance which I haue brought, of earth, water and ayreair; but euen the whole frame of Nature did proclaime the Trinitie in the Vnitie …
Alexander Gill · Treatise Concerning the Trinity of Persons in Unity of the Deity · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… water, out of the which I doe drawe; thou art the wind and comfortable ayreair that purgeſt thy gardaine, makeſt ſeaſonable times, raine and faire weather, as is moſt …
With rule
… water, out of the which I doe drawe; thou art the wind and comfortable ayreair that purgeſt thy gardaine, makeſt ſeaſonable times, raine and faire weather, as is moſt …
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… land of the living? Are there not, in the water, living fiſhes? in the AyreAir, living Birds? On the Earth, living Trees, living Beaſts, living Men? and what can …
With rule
… land of the living? Are there not, in the water, living fiſhes? in the AyreAir, living Birds? On the Earth, living Trees, living Beaſts, living Men? and what can …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his seruants, who seeketh not to giue their bodies to the fowles of the ayreair, but their precious soules to the hell-crowes of sinne, and the deuouring vultures …
With rule
… his seruants, who seeketh not to giue their bodies to the fowles of the ayreair, but their precious soules to the hell-crowes of sinne, and the deuouring vultures …
William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… giuen dominion vnto man, ouer ſheepe, oxen, beaſtes of the fielde, foules of the ayreair, fiſhes of the ſea, all which creatures are equally ſet one againſt another.
With rule
… giuen dominion vnto man, ouer ſheepe, oxen, beaſtes of the fielde, foules of the ayreair, fiſhes of the ſea, all which creatures are equally ſet one againſt another.
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth not God give power to the divell to be the prince of the ayreair? How could he prevaile as hee doth over the ſoules and bodies of men …
With rule
… doth not God give power to the divell to be the prince of the ayreair? How could he prevaile as hee doth over the ſoules and bodies of men …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 55 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
BREATHINGS After DIVINE AYREAIR.
With rule
BREATHINGS After DIVINE AYREAIR.
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · Open in the reader

Demonology and Theology A86498

Printed
… cauſe, GOD, but alſo by particular cauſes, partly in the HEAVENS, partly in the AYREAIR, and other ELEMENTS; ſo that the PREDICTIONS OF ASTROLOGIE, are with IFFS and ANDS …
With rule
… cauſe, GOD, but alſo by particular cauſes, partly in the HEAVENS, partly in the AYREAIR, and other ELEMENTS; ſo that the PREDICTIONS OF ASTROLOGIE, are with IFFS and ANDS …
Nathanael Homes · Demonology and Theology · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the INFLUENCE of the Heavens, yet MANY eminent things doe HAPPEN in the AYREAIR, and in the BODY of man, whoſe Originall cauſe is from the vertue of …
With rule
… by the INFLUENCE of the Heavens, yet MANY eminent things doe HAPPEN in the AYREAIR, and in the BODY of man, whoſe Originall cauſe is from the vertue of …
Nathanael Homes · Demonology and Theology · p. 165 · Open in the reader