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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7929 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnderstandingeunderstanding

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

Puritas changed it
193 times in 85 works
Consistency
98.9% (193 of 195)
Reach if approved
~205 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: understanding
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
195 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (193 changes in 85 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 193)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … de / excepte that there be an enterpreter by he commaundeth to laboure for knowleage / vnderstandingeunderstanding / and felinge and to be ware of supersticiō and persuasions of worldly wisdome / philosophy …
    With rule
    … de / excepte that there be an enterpreter by he commaundeth to laboure for knowleage / vnderstandingeunderstanding / and felinge and to be ware of supersticiō and persuasions of worldly wisdome / philosophy …

    William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. lxiiij · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … whom Christ dothe alledge / they graunte theym to be true. Aske them of the vnderstandingeunderstanding of thē / in yt they are ignoraunte / because they are blinded. And amonge all …
    With rule
    … whom Christ dothe alledge / they graunte theym to be true. Aske them of the vnderstandingeunderstanding of thē / in yt they are ignoraunte / because they are blinded. And amonge all …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … sort make no account of the kingdom of heauen: because they are men without vnderstandingeunderstanding, and cannot see sufficiently how incomparable a treasure the Lord offereth in his gospel …
    With rule
    … sort make no account of the kingdom of heauen: because they are men without vnderstandingeunderstanding, and cannot see sufficiently how incomparable a treasure the Lord offereth in his gospel …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 348 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Godlinesse, this is the meane & order of beyng wise: to striue to get right vnderstandingeunderstanding through the obedience of faith.
    With rule
    … Godlinesse, this is the meane & order of beyng wise: to striue to get right vnderstandingeunderstanding through the obedience of faith.

    John Calvin · The Little Book · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … made playne, by the cōpareing of mo places more plaine, & by the ſence and vnderſtandingeunderstanding agreable vnto the faythe gethered of other. Reade the rule of Auguſtyne for that …
    With rule
    … made playne, by the cōpareing of mo places more plaine, & by the ſence and vnderſtandingeunderstanding agreable vnto the faythe gethered of other. Reade the rule of Auguſtyne for that …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … God to other Cities for therefore am I ſent. This kingdome cannot in anie vnderſtandingeunderstanding be ment of anie people, for it muſt be preached to a people and …
    With rule
    … God to other Cities for therefore am I ſent. This kingdome cannot in anie vnderſtandingeunderstanding be ment of anie people, for it muſt be preached to a people and …

    Thomas Helwys · Admonition Unto Congregations · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … e. I wil deſtroie the wiſedome of ye wiſe, and will caſt awaye the vnderſtandingeunderstanding of the prudente. i. Corynth. i.c
    With rule
    … e. I wil deſtroie the wiſedome of ye wiſe, and will caſt awaye the vnderſtandingeunderstanding of the prudente. i. Corynth. i.c

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    O heauenly father / the father of all wisedom / vnderstandingeunderstanding / and true strengthe / I besech thee for thy onli sonne our sauiour Christes sake …
    With rule
    O heauenly father / the father of all wisedom / vnderstandingeunderstanding / and true strengthe / I besech thee for thy onli sonne our sauiour Christes sake …

    Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · 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.

Woe to the World Because of Offenses A17085

  • Printed
    VNderſtandingeUnderstanding (dearly beloued in the Lord Ieſus) by a faithfull brother, of the contention that …
    With rule
    VNderſtandingeUnderstanding (dearly beloued in the Lord Ieſus) by a faithfull brother, of the contention that …

    Martin Bucer · Woe to the World Because of Offenses · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

  • Printed
    There are two partes or faculties of our ſoule, Vnderſtanding & Will. VnderſtandingeUnderstanding doeth diſcerne in things obiect, what to receiue or what to refuſe: and is …
    With rule
    There are two partes or faculties of our ſoule, Vnderſtanding & Will. VnderſtandingeUnderstanding doeth diſcerne in things obiect, what to receiue or what to refuſe: and is …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 588 · Open in the reader