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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7830 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

personnespersons

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

Puritas changed it
194 times in 89 works
Consistency
98.9% (194 of 196)
Reach if approved
~206 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: persons
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
196 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (194 changes in 89 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 194)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    What is than to be thoughte of such personnespersons, which whā they are in the tēple or els where, neuer leue …ablynge, theyr …
    With rule
    What is than to be thoughte of such personnespersons, which whā they are in the tēple or els where, neuer leue …ablynge, theyr …

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

  2. Printed
    21 Then the King of Sodome ſayde to Abram. Giue me the perſonnespersons, take the goods to thyſelfe.
    With rule
    21 Then the King of Sodome ſayde to Abram. Giue me the perſonnespersons, take the goods to thyſelfe.

    Eusebius Pagit · Sermon on Genesis 14:20-21 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    He blamed the cytizens, bycause they committed theyr offyces euer to all one personnespersons. For me thynke, sayde Cato, ye eyther lytle esteme the offycies of your citye …
    With rule
    He blamed the cytizens, bycause they committed theyr offyces euer to all one personnespersons. For me thynke, sayde Cato, ye eyther lytle esteme the offycies of your citye …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … I do recogniſe and confeſſe the father the ſonne and the holy Goſte, thre perſonnespersons in one ſelfe ſubſtaunce & diuinitie.
    With rule
    … I do recogniſe and confeſſe the father the ſonne and the holy Goſte, thre perſonnespersons in one ſelfe ſubſtaunce & diuinitie.

    Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … is this? For we maye learne by it, that yf ther be but two perſonnespersons gathered togither in Chriſtes name for any good and godly purpoſe, then is Chriſt …
    With rule
    … is this? For we maye learne by it, that yf ther be but two perſonnespersons gathered togither in Chriſtes name for any good and godly purpoſe, then is Chriſt …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … come, that God hath not caſt of the ſafegarde whiche hee hath of their perſonnespersons, If ſuch a perſwaſion were well imprinted in our hearts, we ſhould be deliuered …
    With rule
    … come, that God hath not caſt of the ſafegarde whiche hee hath of their perſonnespersons, If ſuch a perſwaſion were well imprinted in our hearts, we ſhould be deliuered …

    John Calvin · Sermon on Suffering Persecution · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſhall ſeeme pertinent to the callinge, and function of a Noble man, touching thoſe perſonnespersons on whom this liberalitye oughte be employed.
    With rule
    … ſhall ſeeme pertinent to the callinge, and function of a Noble man, touching thoſe perſonnespersons on whom this liberalitye oughte be employed.

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … lawes and commaundemētes, ſo that al their doynges were comprehended, and bounde to certayne perſonnespersons, tyme, place, and appearaunce, So that they had a politike rule, euen as other …
    With rule
    … lawes and commaundemētes, ſo that al their doynges were comprehended, and bounde to certayne perſonnespersons, tyme, place, and appearaunce, So that they had a politike rule, euen as other …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith A06491

  • Printed
    … as hys decrees declare. After that doth ſhe teache ceremonyes of Churches, rayment, meates, PerſonnesPersons, and of ſuche chyldren games, vyſers, and fowles babels innumerable. But in all theſe …
    With rule
    … as hys decrees declare. After that doth ſhe teache ceremonyes of Churches, rayment, meates, PerſonnesPersons, and of ſuche chyldren games, vyſers, and fowles babels innumerable. But in all theſe …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

Answer to a Supplicatory Epistle for the Pretended Catholics A13877

  • Printed
    … deſtroyed, the riches and treaſure of the Realme carryed away, as alſo the leige PerſonnesPersons of the Kinges councell with out his aſſent, whereby the Realme was left deſtitute …
    With rule
    … deſtroyed, the riches and treaſure of the Realme carryed away, as alſo the leige PerſonnesPersons of the Kinges councell with out his aſſent, whereby the Realme was left deſtitute …

    Walter Travers · Answer to a Supplicatory Epistle for the Pretended Catholics · p. 288 · Open in the reader