Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7622 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

moostemost

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

Puritas changed it: 475 times in 84 works
Consistency: 99.7% (475 of 476)
Reach if approved: ~500 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: most
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 476 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (475 changes in 84 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 475)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it is the thynge it ſelfe of the Sacramente, that is to ſaye Chriſtes mooſtemost precious bodye and bloude.
With rule
… it is the thynge it ſelfe of the Sacramente, that is to ſaye Chriſtes mooſtemost precious bodye and bloude.
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. lxxxiij · Open in the reader
Printed
… honoure, the wealth of the realme, …nd most to the conforte of theym that moostemost pacyentlye in▪ hop…, truste to goddes goodnes. These exāples haue I rehearsed to teach …
With rule
… honoure, the wealth of the realme, …nd most to the conforte of theym that moostemost pacyentlye in▪ hop…, truste to goddes goodnes. These exāples haue I rehearsed to teach …
Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… with me into damnation: yet maie no man rebuke me, but call me the moostemost holieste Father.
With rule
… with me into damnation: yet maie no man rebuke me, but call me the moostemost holieste Father.
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
The kynge of the Niniuites hearynge of the moostemost terryble & greuous plage that was threatned vnto them and theyr cytye by Ionas the …
With rule
The kynge of the Niniuites hearynge of the moostemost terryble & greuous plage that was threatned vnto them and theyr cytye by Ionas the …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader
Printed
… our moost soueraygne Lord y^e king & all the other rulers, that gouerne vnder his moostemost noble empyre and dominion.
With rule
… our moost soueraygne Lord y^e king & all the other rulers, that gouerne vnder his moostemost noble empyre and dominion.
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Lorde. And if they dye also in the Lordes cause, they are moostemost happye of all. Lette vs not feare then death, whiche can do vs no …
With rule
… in the Lorde. And if they dye also in the Lordes cause, they are moostemost happye of all. Lette vs not feare then death, whiche can do vs no …
Nicholas Ridley · A Friendly Farewell · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the wicked sorte also to be receiued and eaten of theym, beinge men moostemost corrupte and moste vnworthy to receyue it.
With rule
… to the wicked sorte also to be receiued and eaten of theym, beinge men moostemost corrupte and moste vnworthy to receyue it.
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ieſus, and his Apoſtels, to harp on this ſtringe, whiche of all other is mooſtemost neceſſarye, and that in theſe dayes moſt ſpecially. What ſtrynge is that ſayeth one …
With rule
… Ieſus, and his Apoſtels, to harp on this ſtringe, whiche of all other is mooſtemost neceſſarye, and that in theſe dayes moſt ſpecially. What ſtrynge is that ſayeth one …
John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

Printed
… neuer haue done yf neceſſitye of the thynge had not dryuen them to it. MooſteMost neceſſarye therfore it is for all maner of perſons (that do employe any parte …
With rule
… neuer haue done yf neceſſitye of the thynge had not dryuen them to it. MooſteMost neceſſarye therfore it is for all maner of perſons (that do employe any parte …
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader