Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7750 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnderstandyngunderstanding

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

Puritas changed it: 430 times in 98 works
Consistency: 99.3% (430 of 433)
Reach if approved: ~455 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: understanding
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 433 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (430 changes in 98 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 430)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to sing, and chaunte vppe their Canonicall houres, neyther they them selues, nor others, vnderstandyngunderstanding what they saye. And least these porkyshe hogges shoulde take too muche paynes or …
With rule
… to sing, and chaunte vppe their Canonicall houres, neyther they them selues, nor others, vnderstandyngunderstanding what they saye. And least these porkyshe hogges shoulde take too muche paynes or …
Philip Stubbes · The Theater of the Popes Monarchy · Open in the reader
Printed
… had not supported hym, and thinketh it no bragge to saye, he hath more vnderstandyngunderstanding than his teachers, because hys meditation was in the worde of God, and vnderstoode …
With rule
… had not supported hym, and thinketh it no bragge to saye, he hath more vnderstandyngunderstanding than his teachers, because hys meditation was in the worde of God, and vnderstoode …
John Udall · Peters Fall · Open in the reader
Printed
… had nede. Nowe though this man could well thus doo, beyng of suche notable vnderstandyngunderstanding, yet it were foly that all should folowe his waie, whiche want so good …
With rule
… had nede. Nowe though this man could well thus doo, beyng of suche notable vnderstandyngunderstanding, yet it were foly that all should folowe his waie, whiche want so good …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
For the more eaſie vnderſtandyngunderstanding hereof, tell me how manye articles or particuler requeſtes be conteined herein?
With rule
For the more eaſie vnderſtandyngunderstanding hereof, tell me how manye articles or particuler requeſtes be conteined herein?
John Calvin · The Catechism · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Popishe Masse was neuer yet soche godlye ordre. Nether is the Lordes death to vnderstandyngunderstanding preached / nor yet his bodye and blood frute fullye therein receyued. Nether are the …
With rule
… Popishe Masse was neuer yet soche godlye ordre. Nether is the Lordes death to vnderstandyngunderstanding preached / nor yet his bodye and blood frute fullye therein receyued. Nether are the …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader
Printed
Nocht vnderstandyngunderstanding quhat thay syng nor say
With rule
Nocht vnderstandyngunderstanding quhat thay syng nor say
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
… Commaundementes, and so shall I talke of thy wonderous woorkes. O learne me true vnderstandyngunderstanding and knowledge. O giue me vnderstādyng, that I may learne thy commaundementes. &c. And …
With rule
… Commaundementes, and so shall I talke of thy wonderous woorkes. O learne me true vnderstandyngunderstanding and knowledge. O giue me vnderstādyng, that I may learne thy commaundementes. &c. And …
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
… wyll, makynge hys iuſtyce our iuſtyce, hys worthynes our worthynes. So that by thys vnderſtandyngunderstanding a iuſt man is taken reſpectiuely for hym that is accepted of God to …
With rule
… wyll, makynge hys iuſtyce our iuſtyce, hys worthynes our worthynes. So that by thys vnderſtandyngunderstanding a iuſt man is taken reſpectiuely for hym that is accepted of God to …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sum of the Christian Faith A68595

Printed
VNderſtandyngUnderstanding well the diſtinction of the two kyndes of the woorde of God, that is …
With rule
VNderſtandyngUnderstanding well the diſtinction of the two kyndes of the woorde of God, that is …
Theodore Beza · Sum of the Christian Faith · p. 53 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

Printed
… of ſtrength. For there are ſundry gifts of the ſpirite, as of Wiſedome, of VnderſtandyngUnderstanding of Counſell, &c. Among which, alſo is reckened the ſpirite of ſtrength. Wherfore the …
With rule
… of ſtrength. For there are ſundry gifts of the ſpirite, as of Wiſedome, of VnderſtandyngUnderstanding of Counſell, &c. Among which, alſo is reckened the ſpirite of ſtrength. Wherfore the …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader