Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7770 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wyttewit

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

Puritas changed it: 183 times in 69 works
Consistency: 100% (183 of 183)
Reach if approved: ~192 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wit
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 183 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (183 changes in 69 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 183)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… doth abide in him) that holy scrypture whych hath not bene deuysed by the wyttewit of manne, but taught from heauen by the inspyration of the holy ghost, whych …
With rule
… doth abide in him) that holy scrypture whych hath not bene deuysed by the wyttewit of manne, but taught from heauen by the inspyration of the holy ghost, whych …
Nicholas Ridley · A Piteous Lamentation of the Miserable Estate of the Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… leaste he had not obtained the vnderstandyng, rather then of presumption. to hys owne wyttewit to dyspyse and hate the contrary partye / and persecute as a tyraunt. And in …
With rule
… leaste he had not obtained the vnderstandyng, rather then of presumption. to hys owne wyttewit to dyspyse and hate the contrary partye / and persecute as a tyraunt. And in …
William Tyndale · Declaration of the Sacraments · Open in the reader
Printed
He hath geuen thee limmes, to ſee, heare, go. &c, He hath geuē thee wyttewit, reaſon, diſcretion, &c. He hath longe ſpared thee, and borne wyth thee, when thou …
With rule
He hath geuen thee limmes, to ſee, heare, go. &c, He hath geuē thee wyttewit, reaſon, diſcretion, &c. He hath longe ſpared thee, and borne wyth thee, when thou …
John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader
Printed
… Apostle teacheth that all the chyldren of God, are appoynted vnto thys ende, to wyttewit, to be made lyke vnto Christe: whereupon also thys very excellent consolation commeth vnto …
With rule
… Apostle teacheth that all the chyldren of God, are appoynted vnto thys ende, to wyttewit, to be made lyke vnto Christe: whereupon also thys very excellent consolation commeth vnto …
John Calvin · The Life of a Christian Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… therfore knowe, that my brother or syster by the halfe bloude, that is to wyttewit, by the fathers syde, and not by the mothers, or contrary wyse by the …
With rule
… therfore knowe, that my brother or syster by the halfe bloude, that is to wyttewit, by the fathers syde, and not by the mothers, or contrary wyse by the …
Richard Taverner · The Principal Laws of England · Open in the reader
Printed
… herein, if the same had not alreadie bene discussed by his Prophetes sufficiently: to wyttewit, That the Iewes them selues shoulde loathe, reiect, yea and procure the death of …
With rule
… herein, if the same had not alreadie bene discussed by his Prophetes sufficiently: to wyttewit, That the Iewes them selues shoulde loathe, reiect, yea and procure the death of …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… vertue. So as, if anys prince ſurpaſſe in power, excell in learnyng…, flouryſhe in wyttewit, or paſſe in any ſinguler ornament, hynt ſtrayghte it aſſayleth, aſſaulteth, oppreſſeth. Which the …
With rule
… vertue. So as, if anys prince ſurpaſſe in power, excell in learnyng…, flouryſhe in wyttewit, or paſſe in any ſinguler ornament, hynt ſtrayghte it aſſayleth, aſſaulteth, oppreſſeth. Which the …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… a person transposed and far set beyond the limites of wyttye reason, and reasonable wyttewit, seynge he exhorteth vnto y^t whiche in so greate stormes and tempestes of troublous …
With rule
… a person transposed and far set beyond the limites of wyttye reason, and reasonable wyttewit, seynge he exhorteth vnto y^t whiche in so greate stormes and tempestes of troublous …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · 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.