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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7863 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

syckesick

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

Puritas changed it
190 times in 77 works
Consistency
96.9% (190 of 196)
Reach if approved
~206 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sick
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 (190 changes in 77 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 190)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    The syckesick to myghte
    With rule
    The syckesick to myghte

    Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Anthonye in workyng miracles, in so muche that they came vnto hym, that were syckesick, out of al regions to recouer theyr health, and anon by hys deuout Orisons …
    With rule
    … Anthonye in workyng miracles, in so muche that they came vnto hym, that were syckesick, out of al regions to recouer theyr health, and anon by hys deuout Orisons …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … faſtes that the people maye beare it / a prouyſyon made for the olde / the ſyckesick, and feble, &c. whiche faſte ſhalbe a temporall thynge▪ for a temporall comen welthe …
    With rule
    … faſtes that the people maye beare it / a prouyſyon made for the olde / the ſyckesick, and feble, &c. whiche faſte ſhalbe a temporall thynge▪ for a temporall comen welthe …

    William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to offre vnto the Sayntes, then in viſitynge the hoſpitales, pore wydowes, orphās fatherles, ſyckesick, lame, neadie, and indigēt. Vpon ſuche Sayntes ought the goodes of the churche to …
    With rule
    … to offre vnto the Sayntes, then in viſitynge the hoſpitales, pore wydowes, orphās fatherles, ſyckesick, lame, neadie, and indigēt. Vpon ſuche Sayntes ought the goodes of the churche to …

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

  5. Printed
    … were euen lyke as yf a man would abstayne from physyke because he were syckesick.
    With rule
    … were euen lyke as yf a man would abstayne from physyke because he were syckesick.

    John Calvin · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    To heale the ſyckesick
    With rule
    To heale the ſyckesick

    Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and nacyon. For non these Antichristes spare / neyther hygh nor lowe / ryche nor poore / syckesick nor hole / lerned nor vnlerned. But a iurisdiccyon they must haue ouer thē / though …
    With rule
    … and nacyon. For non these Antichristes spare / neyther hygh nor lowe / ryche nor poore / syckesick nor hole / lerned nor vnlerned. But a iurisdiccyon they must haue ouer thē / though …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and theyr faith which brought to chriſt the man taken with the palſey, lyeng ſyckesick in a bedde, he did forgeue to hym hys ſyunes and reſtored hys healthe …
    With rule
    … and theyr faith which brought to chriſt the man taken with the palſey, lyeng ſyckesick in a bedde, he did forgeue to hym hys ſyunes and reſtored hys healthe …

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

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

  • Printed
    THE SYCKESICK Mans Salue.
    With rule
    THE SYCKESICK Mans Salue.

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SyckeSick ought to geue thancks to God
    With rule
    SyckeSick ought to geue thancks to God

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SyckeSick in sinne what to do?
    With rule
    SyckeSick in sinne what to do?

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SyckeSick what to be learned.
    With rule
    SyckeSick what to be learned.

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SyckeSick comforted, how
    With rule
    SyckeSick comforted, how

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · Open in the reader