Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7688 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouerthroweoverthrow

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

Puritas changed it: 1,127 times in 307 works
Consistency: 99.8% (1,127 of 1,129)
Reach if approved: ~1,186 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: overthrown
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,129 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,127 changes in 307 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,127)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Confer with this place y^e ouerthroweoverthrow of the monasteries in England, Denmarke, the free cities of Germany, & certaine other regions …
With rule
Confer with this place y^e ouerthroweoverthrow of the monasteries in England, Denmarke, the free cities of Germany, & certaine other regions …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… Thother that wil ſeme more indifferent, while they ſeke (what in them lies) to ouerthroweoverthrow the ciuile difference & publike order geuen and eſtabliſhed by almigh ty god, while they …
With rule
… Thother that wil ſeme more indifferent, while they ſeke (what in them lies) to ouerthroweoverthrow the ciuile difference & publike order geuen and eſtabliſhed by almigh ty god, while they …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the hole malice of the deuel hath alwayes this ende: to vere and ouerthroweoverthrow Christes afflicted churche. For what els intended the deuel and his seruauntes the pestilent …
With rule
… that the hole malice of the deuel hath alwayes this ende: to vere and ouerthroweoverthrow Christes afflicted churche. For what els intended the deuel and his seruauntes the pestilent …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tread doune the head of the ſerpēt the deuyll, that is to ſay to ouerthroweoverthrow & deſtroie his Kingedome. The deuyll ſubdued all man kinde to him ſelfe by ſynne …
With rule
… tread doune the head of the ſerpēt the deuyll, that is to ſay to ouerthroweoverthrow & deſtroie his Kingedome. The deuyll ſubdued all man kinde to him ſelfe by ſynne …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was before, but onely this religion standeth as I suppose by negatiues, by an ouerthroweoverthrow and subuersiō makyng of all thinges before appoincted for the gouernement of his people …
With rule
… was before, but onely this religion standeth as I suppose by negatiues, by an ouerthroweoverthrow and subuersiō makyng of all thinges before appoincted for the gouernement of his people …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Theſe places maye ſufficiently declare by what meanes this doctor thought the Church ſhoulde ouerthroweoverthrow hereſies, namely by the worde of God onely, which thing alſo Leo, the firſt …
With rule
… Theſe places maye ſufficiently declare by what meanes this doctor thought the Church ſhoulde ouerthroweoverthrow hereſies, namely by the worde of God onely, which thing alſo Leo, the firſt …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a reaſonable requeſt, but firſt, I muſt anſwere that which ye bring for to ouerthroweoverthrow it. To proue our Miniſterie not to be of Chriſt, but to haue his …
With rule
… a reaſonable requeſt, but firſt, I muſt anſwere that which ye bring for to ouerthroweoverthrow it. To proue our Miniſterie not to be of Chriſt, but to haue his …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Deuyll from whens yt first came. Apoca. 17 Consydre with your selues the late ouerthroweoverthrow of the monasteryes, couentes, collegys, and chaunteryes, alleages of vncleane spretes, and holdes of …
With rule
… the Deuyll from whens yt first came. Apoca. 17 Consydre with your selues the late ouerthroweoverthrow of the monasteryes, couentes, collegys, and chaunteryes, alleages of vncleane spretes, and holdes of …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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.

Christs Combat and Conquest A13530

Printed
OuerthroweOverthrow of faith the aime of all Satans temptations, 5. reas. 83
With rule
OuerthroweOverthrow of faith the aime of all Satans temptations, 5. reas. 83
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · Open in the reader

Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms A14352

Printed
… not that which we haue deſerued, but that which by thy promiſes behight vs. OuerthroweOverthrow, grinde to powder, and vtterly make voyde the ſubtile deuices, outragious force, and deuiliſhe …
With rule
… not that which we haue deſerued, but that which by thy promiſes behight vs. OuerthroweOverthrow, grinde to powder, and vtterly make voyde the ſubtile deuices, outragious force, and deuiliſhe …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader