Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7668 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

attayneattain

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

Puritas changed it: 518 times in 173 works
Consistency: 100% (518 of 518)
Reach if approved: ~544 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: attain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 518 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (518 changes in 173 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 518)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Iniquitie. And, without true illumination, to know the Scriptures of GOD, none ever shall attayneattain, eyther to the healthsome Knowledge of the one, or happie Discoverie of the other …
With rule
… Iniquitie. And, without true illumination, to know the Scriptures of GOD, none ever shall attayneattain, eyther to the healthsome Knowledge of the one, or happie Discoverie of the other …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Heauen, which beyng an inheritance of most gloryous and eternall felicitie, no man shall attayneattain vnto, by his owne merytes or woorthinesse, but onely by the mercye of God …
With rule
… Heauen, which beyng an inheritance of most gloryous and eternall felicitie, no man shall attayneattain vnto, by his owne merytes or woorthinesse, but onely by the mercye of God …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the wombe, children be directed in the right way, they shall hardly or neuer attayneattain to the end of the way, which is true happinesse in Iesus Christ; we …
With rule
… the wombe, children be directed in the right way, they shall hardly or neuer attayneattain to the end of the way, which is true happinesse in Iesus Christ; we …
William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Reiect they ought generallye, all ſuperfluous ſeruauntes. Who nor already ſkill, nor trauayle to attayneattain any good arte. For if we haue condemned ſluggiſhe▪ Nobles, much leſſe allowe we …
With rule
… Reiect they ought generallye, all ſuperfluous ſeruauntes. Who nor already ſkill, nor trauayle to attayneattain any good arte. For if we haue condemned ſluggiſhe▪ Nobles, much leſſe allowe we …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… doe not onely attayneattain their ends; but they keep that, by it, whereunto they attayneattain. As in the ſtrict law of diſcipline, the weale of Armies and Kingdoms doe …
With rule
… doe not onely attayneattain their ends; but they keep that, by it, whereunto they attayneattain. As in the ſtrict law of diſcipline, the weale of Armies and Kingdoms doe …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Miniſter of them, and meane to come vnto them: otherwiſe he ſhall neuer attayneattain neyther to lyfe nor righteouſnes. Nowe he that can not doe this, let him …
With rule
… the Miniſter of them, and meane to come vnto them: otherwiſe he ſhall neuer attayneattain neyther to lyfe nor righteouſnes. Nowe he that can not doe this, let him …
Martin Luther · Fourteen Points of Consolation · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men. And the .v. cap. to the Galathians. They which ſo do ſhal nat attayneattain to the kingdom of God. It foloweth. He that ſoweth in fleſſhe, ſhall repe …
With rule
… men. And the .v. cap. to the Galathians. They which ſo do ſhal nat attayneattain to the kingdom of God. It foloweth. He that ſoweth in fleſſhe, ſhall repe …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. lxv · Open in the reader
Printed
… that waye, to an end, which leadeth to life & to the heauens, he ſhall attayneattain vnto. The ſacietie of ioyes.] He expreſſeth that life firſt by joy, and by …
With rule
… that waye, to an end, which leadeth to life & to the heauens, he ſhall attayneattain vnto. The ſacietie of ioyes.] He expreſſeth that life firſt by joy, and by …
Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 98 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.