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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7728 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vncleannesuncleanness

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

Puritas changed it
680 times in 270 works
Consistency
97.7% (680 of 696)
Reach if approved
~731 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: uncleanness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
696 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (680 changes in 270 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 680)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … muſt ſoberly and wiſely vnderſtand it: namely, that Pharaohs cruelty, Sheme is curſing, Abſolons vncleannesuncleanness, Iudas his betraying of Chriſt; are not by his reuealed wil approued, but forbidden …
    With rule
    … muſt ſoberly and wiſely vnderſtand it: namely, that Pharaohs cruelty, Sheme is curſing, Abſolons vncleannesuncleanness, Iudas his betraying of Chriſt; are not by his reuealed wil approued, but forbidden …

    Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 120 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … He doth incorporate vs into ye body of his ſonne, & waſh vs from all vncleannesuncleanness & filthineſſe, and receiue vs into his owne family, to be heires of eternall life.
    With rule
    … He doth incorporate vs into ye body of his ſonne, & waſh vs from all vncleannesuncleanness & filthineſſe, and receiue vs into his owne family, to be heires of eternall life.

    George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … troubled for worldlines, whether he be not a great housholder: if he complaine of vncleannesuncleanness, whether he be not a yoong man & vnmaried: if he be hūbled with couetousnes …
    With rule
    … troubled for worldlines, whether he be not a great housholder: if he complaine of vncleannesuncleanness, whether he be not a yoong man & vnmaried: if he be hūbled with couetousnes …

    Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    All vncleannesuncleanness inward & outward.
    With rule
    All vncleannesuncleanness inward & outward.

    Robert Horne · Points of Instruction for the Ignorant · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of doctrine. God gaue them vp (ſaith the Apoſtle) to their hearts luſts vnto vncleannesuncleanness, to defile their owne bodyes betwene thēſelues, which turned the trueth of God vnto …
    With rule
    … of doctrine. God gaue them vp (ſaith the Apoſtle) to their hearts luſts vnto vncleannesuncleanness, to defile their owne bodyes betwene thēſelues, which turned the trueth of God vnto …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Verſe. 19. The vvorkes of the flesh are manifeſt, vvhich are adulterie, fornication, vncleannesuncleanness, vvantonnes, idolatrie, vvitchcraft, &c.
    With rule
    Verſe. 19. The vvorkes of the flesh are manifeſt, vvhich are adulterie, fornication, vncleannesuncleanness, vvantonnes, idolatrie, vvitchcraft, &c.

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … spurre & prouocaciō to vertue. O the abhominacion of the worlde. O intollerable wickednes. O vncleannesuncleanness more detestable, then it maye any lenger be suffered. The great displeasure, the fearce …
    With rule
    … spurre & prouocaciō to vertue. O the abhominacion of the worlde. O intollerable wickednes. O vncleannesuncleanness more detestable, then it maye any lenger be suffered. The great displeasure, the fearce …

    Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … it ſelfe: according to that precept; Mortifie your members, which are vpon earth, fornication, vncleannesuncleanness, inordinate affections, and euill concupiſcence.
    With rule
    … it ſelfe: according to that precept; Mortifie your members, which are vpon earth, fornication, vncleannesuncleanness, inordinate affections, and euill concupiſcence.

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 354 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Isle of Man A09156

  • Printed
    … Enemy. Murther, Fighting, and Quarrelling, againſt Innocency, as their Enemie. Wantonneſſe, Adultery, Fornication, and VncleannesUncleanness, cry out againſt Chaſtity, as their deadly Enemie. Coozenage, Theft, and Vniuſt dealing, againſt …
    With rule
    … Enemy. Murther, Fighting, and Quarrelling, againſt Innocency, as their Enemie. Wantonneſſe, Adultery, Fornication, and VncleannesUncleanness, cry out againſt Chaſtity, as their deadly Enemie. Coozenage, Theft, and Vniuſt dealing, againſt …

    Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 130 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Jude A09434

  • Printed
    1. VncleannesUncleanness: They defile the flesh.
    With rule
    1. VncleannesUncleanness: They defile the flesh.

    William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Colossians A11011

  • Printed
    But to come to the next vice. It followeth: VncleannesUncleanness. Harlotrie is one ſort of vncleannesuncleanness. But now hee ſubioyneth, all manner of vncleannesuncleanness …
    With rule
    But to come to the next vice. It followeth: VncleannesUncleanness. Harlotrie is one ſort of vncleannesuncleanness. But now hee ſubioyneth, all manner of vncleannesuncleanness …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 260 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons at Pauls Cross A11458

  • Printed
    … the extremity of those sinnes, not suffering him to fall into the act of VncleannesUncleanness. And as for the meanes, whereby God withholdeth men from sinning; they are also …
    With rule
    … the extremity of those sinnes, not suffering him to fall into the act of VncleannesUncleanness. And as for the meanes, whereby God withholdeth men from sinning; they are also …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 104 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

  • Printed
    … But hee is not guilty of cutting off; because it is said, AND HIS VNCLEANNESUNCLEANNESS VPON HIM, whiles all his uncleannes is upon him. Maimony in Pesule hamukdashin, ch …
    With rule
    … But hee is not guilty of cutting off; because it is said, AND HIS VNCLEANNESUNCLEANNESS VPON HIM, whiles all his uncleannes is upon him. Maimony in Pesule hamukdashin, ch …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … as had leprosie, running yssue, or the like, Lev. 13. and 15. See also Levit. 22. 2. 3. 4. &c. VncleannesUncleanness of man, is put for man of uncleannes: see the like in Lev. 5. 1…. In …
    With rule
    … as had leprosie, running yssue, or the like, Lev. 13. and 15. See also Levit. 22. 2. 3. 4. &c. VncleannesUncleanness of man, is put for man of uncleannes: see the like in Lev. 5. 1…. In …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 41 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    VncleannesUncleanness about the act of generation between two persons, whereof the one at least is …
    With rule
    VncleannesUncleanness about the act of generation between two persons, whereof the one at least is …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 6 · Open in the reader