Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7878 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

syngesing

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

Puritas changed it: 142 times in 56 works
Consistency: 97.9% (142 of 145)
Reach if approved: ~153 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sing
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 146 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: 1 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (142 changes in 56 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 142)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſhow. Next vnto fayth we cannot do a greatter thynge, than laude, ſet forth, ſyngesing, and by al maner of wayes extol, and magnyfye, the laude, honour, & name of …
With rule
… ſhow. Next vnto fayth we cannot do a greatter thynge, than laude, ſet forth, ſyngesing, and by al maner of wayes extol, and magnyfye, the laude, honour, & name of …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… I wyll praye also in mynde. I wyll syngesing in Spirite, and I wyll syngesing also in mynde. Therfore y^e it maye be prayed aryght, let euery mā say …
With rule
… I wyll praye also in mynde. I wyll syngesing in Spirite, and I wyll syngesing also in mynde. Therfore y^e it maye be prayed aryght, let euery mā say …
Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… they wolde with lyke seueritie reiecte them. For what other thynge saye they, which syngesing them this note, Quod principi placuit legis, habet uigorem: that is to saye: That …
With rule
… they wolde with lyke seueritie reiecte them. For what other thynge saye they, which syngesing them this note, Quod principi placuit legis, habet uigorem: that is to saye: That …
Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom · Open in the reader
Printed
Howe agreeth this then, the prieſtes ſyngesing the Crede in theyr Maſſe, and confeſſe in the ſame that they beleue in …
With rule
Howe agreeth this then, the prieſtes ſyngesing the Crede in theyr Maſſe, and confeſſe in the ſame that they beleue in …
Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader
Printed
… he commeth downe Then all the congregacyon and church in maner afore sayde, do syngesing the Crede or beleue in theyr owne mother tonge. And whan that is done …
With rule
… he commeth downe Then all the congregacyon and church in maner afore sayde, do syngesing the Crede or beleue in theyr owne mother tonge. And whan that is done …
John Calvin · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
And ganne to ſyngesing
With rule
And ganne to ſyngesing
Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader
Printed
I assent therto, and wyll syngesing very gladlye.
With rule
I assent therto, and wyll syngesing very gladlye.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sauls tyrāny, his owne herte confessed, and compelled his penne to wryte, & tounge to syngesing, sayeng: He hath sente frō aboue, and hathe delyuered me, he hath drawen me …
With rule
… Sauls tyrāny, his owne herte confessed, and compelled his penne to wryte, & tounge to syngesing, sayeng: He hath sente frō aboue, and hathe delyuered me, he hath drawen me …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 98 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

Printed
SyngeSing then at our farwel, to recreate our mynde.
With rule
SyngeSing then at our farwel, to recreate our mynde.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ A02749

Printed
SyngeSing nowe some metysonge
With rule
SyngeSing nowe some metysonge
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
SyngeSing then at our farewell, to recreate our mynde.
With rule
SyngeSing then at our farewell, to recreate our mynde.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader