Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7667 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

faylefail

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

Puritas changed it: 1,142 times in 403 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,142 of 1,146)
Reach if approved: ~1,204 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fail
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,146 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,142 changes in 403 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,142)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… made subiect, vnder colour that Christ praying for Peter, that his faith should not faylefail in temptation, gaue all Popes suche a prerogatiue, that they could not erre in …
With rule
… made subiect, vnder colour that Christ praying for Peter, that his faith should not faylefail in temptation, gaue all Popes suche a prerogatiue, that they could not erre in …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they haue alſo a deſire that they coulde ſo doe: but in this they faylefail, that they neuer labour about it. They haue the witte to ſay, that if …
With rule
… they haue alſo a deſire that they coulde ſo doe: but in this they faylefail, that they neuer labour about it. They haue the witte to ſay, that if …
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
Yf then their hartes faylefail them the right to defende,
With rule
Yf then their hartes faylefail them the right to defende,
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the punishment of his patientes sinnes, he faylefail but in one, that one faylefail, doth more turne to his discredite, then his manifolde, goodly, and notable cures, do …
With rule
… for the punishment of his patientes sinnes, he faylefail but in one, that one faylefail, doth more turne to his discredite, then his manifolde, goodly, and notable cures, do …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… so perfourmeth them to the ende of his lyfe to his power / shall without faylefail be saued in Christ / though he neuer in his lyfe go on pylgrymage as …
With rule
… so perfourmeth them to the ende of his lyfe to his power / shall without faylefail be saued in Christ / though he neuer in his lyfe go on pylgrymage as …
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader
Printed
… shal this supper be, but of vncorruptible delightes and of pleasures that shall neuer faylefail. Nothing shal be there prophane, voide or vncomely, but al things, pure, clean true …
With rule
… shal this supper be, but of vncorruptible delightes and of pleasures that shall neuer faylefail. Nothing shal be there prophane, voide or vncomely, but al things, pure, clean true …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the noyse: yea, sometime we stumble in the playne ground, and our feete faylefail vs in faire places, because our feet are carryed with our hearts that minde …
With rule
… to the noyse: yea, sometime we stumble in the playne ground, and our feete faylefail vs in faire places, because our feet are carryed with our hearts that minde …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… put forth your hands to the worke of the Lord: let not your ſpirits faylefail in your bodies, let not your ſwords ruſt in their ſheaths, let not your …
With rule
… put forth your hands to the worke of the Lord: let not your ſpirits faylefail in your bodies, let not your ſwords ruſt in their ſheaths, let not your …
Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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.

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

Printed
1 FayleFail in no wyse good Iohn (sayd the sayd Lorde Iesus Christ (consequently to make …
With rule
1 FayleFail in no wyse good Iohn (sayd the sayd Lorde Iesus Christ (consequently to make …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 29 · Open in the reader

A Christmas Banket A06698

Printed
… wyll I serue you w^t your fyrst dysshe, cōtayned in y^e fyrstboke of Moses. FayleFail not you therfore to whette your stomakes, & gredely to deuour whatsoeuer I bring forth …
With rule
… wyll I serue you w^t your fyrst dysshe, cōtayned in y^e fyrstboke of Moses. FayleFail not you therfore to whette your stomakes, & gredely to deuour whatsoeuer I bring forth …
Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
FayleFail.
With rule
FayleFail.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
God ſuffereth men too FayleFail vs, that wee might the better reſorte vnto him, or elſe that hee might …
With rule
God ſuffereth men too FayleFail vs, that wee might the better reſorte vnto him, or elſe that hee might …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader