Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7705 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

poyntepoint

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

Puritas changed it: 563 times in 144 works
Consistency: 100% (563 of 563)
Reach if approved: ~592 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: point
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 563 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (563 changes in 144 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 563)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of GOD to be in nature, and againe we ſee the lawe which doth poyntepoint out the right way vnto life, is called the plucking of the father or …
With rule
… of GOD to be in nature, and againe we ſee the lawe which doth poyntepoint out the right way vnto life, is called the plucking of the father or …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… church ſhoulde nor can not teache any lye or erroure, No, not in any poyntepoint. Yf ſhe teache one lye, then is it al falſe, as Chriſte ſayeth. Luc …
With rule
… church ſhoulde nor can not teache any lye or erroure, No, not in any poyntepoint. Yf ſhe teache one lye, then is it al falſe, as Chriſte ſayeth. Luc …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… wordes and perillous vowes. Hereto agreeth the sayenge of S. Austen, it is a poyntepoint of great wisdom for a man to call that agayne, which he hath euyl …
With rule
… wordes and perillous vowes. Hereto agreeth the sayenge of S. Austen, it is a poyntepoint of great wisdom for a man to call that agayne, which he hath euyl …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. li · Open in the reader
Printed
… wish rather to be an vnfaythful painim thā a faythful christiā? Behold to what poyntepoint these wycked order breakers bryng the Christen religion, whyle they wyll seme to fyghte …
With rule
… wish rather to be an vnfaythful painim thā a faythful christiā? Behold to what poyntepoint these wycked order breakers bryng the Christen religion, whyle they wyll seme to fyghte …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſacrament, at the hands of ſuch, and preache they cannot. I haue handled this poyntepoint of the magiſtracie in my former booke, from page 47. to 51.
With rule
… ſacrament, at the hands of ſuch, and preache they cannot. I haue handled this poyntepoint of the magiſtracie in my former booke, from page 47. to 51.
John Penry · Defense of Writings on the Ignorant Ministry · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their ſophiſtrie ſhould not be eaſily conuinced. For they muſt needes come to this poyntepoint, that they muſt confeſſe, that the name of ſpirituall Rocke, was in reſpecte of …
With rule
… their ſophiſtrie ſhould not be eaſily conuinced. For they muſt needes come to this poyntepoint, that they muſt confeſſe, that the name of ſpirituall Rocke, was in reſpecte of …
Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what is indifferent. Here vppon would hee gather, that the Declaration acknowledgeth this latter poyntepoint for trewe, if they whiche mainteyne it iudged rightlie of indifferencie.
With rule
… what is indifferent. Here vppon would hee gather, that the Declaration acknowledgeth this latter poyntepoint for trewe, if they whiche mainteyne it iudged rightlie of indifferencie.
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… church / say you. I answered that the true Church might erre / euen in this poyntepoint / though not in like height of sinne. Then you desire / that the churches of …
With rule
… church / say you. I answered that the true Church might erre / euen in this poyntepoint / though not in like height of sinne. Then you desire / that the churches of …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 35 · 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.