Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7724 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

figgefig

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

Puritas changed it: 540 times in 293 works
Consistency: 100% (540 of 540)
Reach if approved: ~567 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fig
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 540 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (540 changes in 293 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 540)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… if the gleanings bee not allowed, yet let there bee heere and there a FiggeFig, a Grape, a Berry, on the outmost branches; that the Planter may haue a …
With rule
… if the gleanings bee not allowed, yet let there bee heere and there a FiggeFig, a Grape, a Berry, on the outmost branches; that the Planter may haue a …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
The FiggeFig-tree hath put forth her greene figges and the vines with the tender grape …
With rule
The FiggeFig-tree hath put forth her greene figges and the vines with the tender grape …
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gates of warre haue been shut vp: wee sit and sing vnder our owne FiggeFig-trees; wee drinke the wine of our owne Vineyards; There is no breaking in …
With rule
… gates of warre haue been shut vp: wee sit and sing vnder our owne FiggeFig-trees; wee drinke the wine of our owne Vineyards; There is no breaking in …
Thomas Adams · The Soldiers Honor · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the day of trouble. And in the text he ſpeakes more fully, Although the FiggeFig-tree ſhall not bloſſome, &c.
With rule
… the day of trouble. And in the text he ſpeakes more fully, Although the FiggeFig-tree ſhall not bloſſome, &c.
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 295 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for lacke of beléefe, his works are naught but bare leaues of the fruitleſſe figgefig trée, they are but paintings and ſhadowes, mockings and apiſh toies in cōpariſon of …
With rule
… for lacke of beléefe, his works are naught but bare leaues of the fruitleſſe figgefig trée, they are but paintings and ſhadowes, mockings and apiſh toies in cōpariſon of …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader
Printed
58 Christe cursed the FiggeFig tree, vppon whiche he found no fruite, and forthwith the FiggeFig tree wethered, and neuer bare fruite after.
With rule
58 Christe cursed the FiggeFig tree, vppon whiche he found no fruite, and forthwith the FiggeFig tree wethered, and neuer bare fruite after.
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
… things appeir that is not, and Christ himselfe as man was deceiued with the FiggeFig-tree, weill busked with leaues, & fruitful-like a far-off, but found barren and …
With rule
… things appeir that is not, and Christ himselfe as man was deceiued with the FiggeFig-tree, weill busked with leaues, & fruitful-like a far-off, but found barren and …
James Melville · A Spiritual Propine of a Pastor to his People · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fruites, although it yeeld no euill. Euen infructuous barrennesse brought Christs curse on the figgefig-tree. Sowre grapes are not onely displeasing to God, but no grapes: and condemnations …
With rule
… fruites, although it yeeld no euill. Euen infructuous barrennesse brought Christs curse on the figgefig-tree. Sowre grapes are not onely displeasing to God, but no grapes: and condemnations …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 47 · 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.