Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7659 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

conferreconfer

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

Puritas changed it: 2,275 times in 930 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,275 of 2,279)
Reach if approved: ~2,395 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: confer
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,279 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,275 changes in 930 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,275)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of this sentence. Thinke not I deale hardly with this Fg-tree, let vs conferreconfer together, and heare one another with patience. I will shew thee sufficient reason of …
With rule
… of this sentence. Thinke not I deale hardly with this Fg-tree, let vs conferreconfer together, and heare one another with patience. I will shew thee sufficient reason of …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dependance, & obedience to God, it would leſſen thy condemnation. Therefore reade, pray, meditate, heare, conferreconfer, receive the Sacraments, forbeare not theſe your appointed meales. Indeed when the body is …
With rule
… dependance, & obedience to God, it would leſſen thy condemnation. Therefore reade, pray, meditate, heare, conferreconfer, receive the Sacraments, forbeare not theſe your appointed meales. Indeed when the body is …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… giue mee to this end (with the Boroans) to examine all things, and to conferreconfer Scripture with Scripture, that ſo I may neuer ſwerue from thy moſt pure, holy …
With rule
… giue mee to this end (with the Boroans) to examine all things, and to conferreconfer Scripture with Scripture, that ſo I may neuer ſwerue from thy moſt pure, holy …
Henry Greenwood · The Prisoners Prayers · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many as God, was him selfe also moued with beliefe of the same, & did conferreconfer therof with the whole Seuate of Rome to haue Christ adored as God: But …
With rule
… many as God, was him selfe also moued with beliefe of the same, & did conferreconfer therof with the whole Seuate of Rome to haue Christ adored as God: But …
Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cease. The cause of pluralitie, wes death, from the which our preist is exempted. ConferreConfer this that we haue here adduced, with the sayinges of the Apostle, Hebre. 7. And …
With rule
… cease. The cause of pluralitie, wes death, from the which our preist is exempted. ConferreConfer this that we haue here adduced, with the sayinges of the Apostle, Hebre. 7. And …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
The more I conferreconfer with you, the more I perceiue (I thank God for it) the preſumptuous wit …
With rule
The more I conferreconfer with you, the more I perceiue (I thank God for it) the preſumptuous wit …
James Balmford · Concerning the Plagues Infection · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but vpon persons ordained, and to bee consecrated by order of the Church, they conferreconfer and collate such Bishopricks, as lye within there owne dominion.
With rule
… but vpon persons ordained, and to bee consecrated by order of the Church, they conferreconfer and collate such Bishopricks, as lye within there owne dominion.
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 272 · Open in the reader
Printed
I never refused to conferreconfer calmlie with anie, but I hate contention: and if you (Philomathes) jumpe with mee …
With rule
I never refused to conferreconfer calmlie with anie, but I hate contention: and if you (Philomathes) jumpe with mee …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

The Lords Supper Briefly Vindicated A91214

Printed
… his Bellarminus Enervatus, Tom. 3. c. 4. p. 43. conclude; Haec autem eſt COMMUNIS THEOLOGORUM DOCTRINA, Sacramenta CONFERRECONFER GRATIAM, vel FACIENDO UBI NON INVENIT FACTAM, vel factam AUGENDO. And that not only …
With rule
… his Bellarminus Enervatus, Tom. 3. c. 4. p. 43. conclude; Haec autem eſt COMMUNIS THEOLOGORUM DOCTRINA, Sacramenta CONFERRECONFER GRATIAM, vel FACIENDO UBI NON INVENIT FACTAM, vel factam AUGENDO. And that not only …
William Prynne · The Lords Supper Briefly Vindicated · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Suspension Suspended A91293

Printed
… Domini eſt? &c. Quibus luce clarius constet, hoc ſacroſanctam Eucharistiae Sacramentum non ſolnm GRATIAM CONFERRECONFER, &c. Which thus interpreted and ſeconded by the Synod of Paris, Anno 1557. may paſſe …
With rule
… Domini eſt? &c. Quibus luce clarius constet, hoc ſacroſanctam Eucharistiae Sacramentum non ſolnm GRATIAM CONFERRECONFER, &c. Which thus interpreted and ſeconded by the Synod of Paris, Anno 1557. may paſſe …
William Prynne · Suspension Suspended · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Sacraments is, Ʋt accendant in nobis fidem, Dei; and that they doe CONFERRECONFER GRATIAM in that ſenſe as Paul cals the Goſpell, the power of God unto …
With rule
… of the Sacraments is, Ʋt accendant in nobis fidem, Dei; and that they doe CONFERRECONFER GRATIAM in that ſenſe as Paul cals the Goſpell, the power of God unto …
William Prynne · Suspension Suspended · p. 28 · Open in the reader