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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7753 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

estemeesteem

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

Puritas changed it
536 times in 169 works
Consistency
99.2% (536 of 540)
Reach if approved
~567 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: esteem
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 (536 changes in 169 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 536)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … howres Idelneſſe, hypocreſye, moche bablynge, and lyppe laboure, yea, and though ſaynt Paule doth eſtemeesteem it a po…t of vayne foliſhnes and moche more madneſſe to vtter a …
    With rule
    … howres Idelneſſe, hypocreſye, moche bablynge, and lyppe laboure, yea, and though ſaynt Paule doth eſtemeesteem it a po…t of vayne foliſhnes and moche more madneſſe to vtter a …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … to denie, that there is a God, but that also it is, lightly to estemeesteem the power of the eternal God, to haue, or to sparse abrode, of his …
    With rule
    … to denie, that there is a God, but that also it is, lightly to estemeesteem the power of the eternal God, to haue, or to sparse abrode, of his …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … none that do walke and lyue accordyng to gods worde: we ought truly to estemeesteem and take theym onlye to be mynysters of Christe whyche for the loue of …
    With rule
    … none that do walke and lyue accordyng to gods worde: we ought truly to estemeesteem and take theym onlye to be mynysters of Christe whyche for the loue of …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … hardnes of the lawe of Moſes / andethe wayght of the ſame / they can not eſtemeesteem as it is worthy / the grace of the goſpel / or the benefite of Chriſt …
    With rule
    … hardnes of the lawe of Moſes / andethe wayght of the ſame / they can not eſtemeesteem as it is worthy / the grace of the goſpel / or the benefite of Chriſt …

    Martin Luther · Sermon on John 20 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … obey y• proude Bishop of Rome than our owne natyue kynge? Dyd not we estemeesteem his fātastica… decrees, aboue the edictes, lawes, and actes of our own kyng? were …
    With rule
    … obey y• proude Bishop of Rome than our owne natyue kynge? Dyd not we estemeesteem his fātastica… decrees, aboue the edictes, lawes, and actes of our own kyng? were …

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

  6. Printed
    … two of the 4. religious vſes which Antichriſt made them for: ſo greatly doe they eſtemeesteem of his Devotions.
    With rule
    … two of the 4. religious vſes which Antichriſt made them for: ſo greatly doe they eſtemeesteem of his Devotions.

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 249 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and strēgth vnto pietie and godlynes, wheras the reformatours of this English church do estemeesteem and iudge al the premises for impietie, and vngodlines.
    With rule
    … and strēgth vnto pietie and godlynes, wheras the reformatours of this English church do estemeesteem and iudge al the premises for impietie, and vngodlines.

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … lyfe of ther soules. Ther masses and monye sacrifyes are the cause why they estemeesteem an othe made vpon the gospell boke to be farre. about that othe which …
    With rule
    … lyfe of ther soules. Ther masses and monye sacrifyes are the cause why they estemeesteem an othe made vpon the gospell boke to be farre. about that othe which …

    Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

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

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

  • Printed
    … carnall, so be your iudgemētes in this place of scripture deceuable and most erroneouse. EstemeEsteem it no iniurie, that I affirm your cogitations of God to be carnall ād …
    With rule
    … carnall, so be your iudgemētes in this place of scripture deceuable and most erroneouse. EstemeEsteem it no iniurie, that I affirm your cogitations of God to be carnall ād …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 176 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    … of your saluation, which is cōtinuance in the sincerity of faith, slide frō you. EstemeEsteem it more then al the riches & pleasures of this world, for it is the …
    With rule
    … of your saluation, which is cōtinuance in the sincerity of faith, slide frō you. EstemeEsteem it more then al the riches & pleasures of this world, for it is the …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1835 · Open in the reader