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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7949 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dyesdies

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

Puritas changed it
1,460 times in 648 works
Consistency
96.8% (1,460 of 1,508)
Reach if approved
~1,584 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: die
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,508 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,460 changes in 648 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,460)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to thee, a double death ſhall befall thee. Woe is to that man, who dyesdies in the light of the Goſpell, without taking pleaſure in the ſame. Well it …
    With rule
    … to thee, a double death ſhall befall thee. Woe is to that man, who dyesdies in the light of the Goſpell, without taking pleaſure in the ſame. Well it …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … to what end, but they leave them in the dust; but when a Christian dyesdies, hee is then partaker of his desires in fulnesse.
    With rule
    … to what end, but they leave them in the dust; but when a Christian dyesdies, hee is then partaker of his desires in fulnesse.

    Richard Sibbes · Exposition of Philippians 3 · p. 154 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … youth, our youth into manhood, our manhood into old age, and our old age dyesdies into death. A man is in a continuall conſumption of himſelfe: His dayes ſpend …
    With rule
    … youth, our youth into manhood, our manhood into old age, and our old age dyesdies into death. A man is in a continuall conſumption of himſelfe: His dayes ſpend …

    John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    The more the stocke dyesdies let them flourish more,
    With rule
    The more the stocke dyesdies let them flourish more,

    Richard Greenham · Works · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … a berry, ancient purple was of a reddish colour, tho now these sorts of dyesdies be lost: and that garment wch the soldiers put on Christ, Matthew cals it …
    With rule
    … a berry, ancient purple was of a reddish colour, tho now these sorts of dyesdies be lost: and that garment wch the soldiers put on Christ, Matthew cals it …

    John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    The diseases whe… wt out bodyes are troubled, & ye death which oure b… dyesdies ilyke maner must of necessite suffer, do very greatelye vexe & disquiete oure mindes, yea …
    With rule
    The diseases whe… wt out bodyes are troubled, & ye death which oure b… dyesdies ilyke maner must of necessite suffer, do very greatelye vexe & disquiete oure mindes, yea …

    Thomas Becon · The Physic of the Soul · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … it not onely …u…ts upon a man a washie colour of perfection, but dyesdies his heart in grai…e in holynesse, and it differs from the other in …
    With rule
    … it not onely …u…ts upon a man a washie colour of perfection, but dyesdies his heart in grai…e in holynesse, and it differs from the other in …

    John Preston · The Deformed Form · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … God or man) and every Bond-man and every Free-man (who lives and dyesdies in sinne and vaine delights) shall hide themselves in the Dennes and Rockes of …
    With rule
    … God or man) and every Bond-man and every Free-man (who lives and dyesdies in sinne and vaine delights) shall hide themselves in the Dennes and Rockes of …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 974 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (48)

30 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 22 are listed here. 18 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Epigrams A08687

  • Printed
    He that's not Wise, vntill he DyesDies,
    With rule
    He that's not Wise, vntill he DyesDies,

    John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

An Exposition of the Song of Songs A27602

  • Printed
    His Spouſe is ſick, and if He comes not, DyesDies.
    With rule
    His Spouſe is ſick, and if He comes not, DyesDies.

    Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    What's Dead, or DyesDies into a Sea of Salt,
    With rule
    What's Dead, or DyesDies into a Sea of Salt,

    Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 60 · Open in the reader

Several Sermons A45658

  • Printed
    … things were likely to receive a faire end. In the midſt of all Abner DyesDies, The Buſineſſe is ſcoated: Pendent opera interrupta: Hence theſe teares in part. It was …
    With rule
    … things were likely to receive a faire end. In the midſt of all Abner DyesDies, The Buſineſſe is ſcoated: Pendent opera interrupta: Hence theſe teares in part. It was …

    Robert Harris · Several Sermons · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Death Made Comfortable A47293

  • Printed
    … hope and comfort in Death, and after it; and believe, when a Pious Friend DyesDies, that the living only have lost, but that the Deceased has got by Dying …
    With rule
    … hope and comfort in Death, and after it; and believe, when a Pious Friend DyesDies, that the living only have lost, but that the Deceased has got by Dying …

    John Kettlewell · Death Made Comfortable · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Besides, when the Righteous DyesDies, i… is often to take him from the evil to come. Is. 57. 1.
    With rule
    Besides, when the Righteous DyesDies, i… is often to take him from the evil to come. Is. 57. 1.

    John Kettlewell · Death Made Comfortable · p. 303 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    I. Prayers when a Friend DyesDies.
    With rule
    I. Prayers when a Friend DyesDies.

    John Kettlewell · Death Made Comfortable · p. 305 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … God in these sad Cases, the surviving Friends may use Prayer 1. When a Friend DyesDies; especially if they leave out the Paragraph within the Hooks. p. 307.
    With rule
    … God in these sad Cases, the surviving Friends may use Prayer 1. When a Friend DyesDies; especially if they leave out the Paragraph within the Hooks. p. 307.

    John Kettlewell · Death Made Comfortable · p. 323 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    I. WHen a Friend DyesDies: Scriptures p. 302, &c. and Prayers, p. 305, &c. A Prayer when they think God is …
    With rule
    I. WHen a Friend DyesDies: Scriptures p. 302, &c. and Prayers, p. 305, &c. A Prayer when they think God is …

    John Kettlewell · Death Made Comfortable · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

  • Printed
    … in Adam, Abel, Seth, Enoch, &c. And though Adam Falls, Abel is Slain, Seth DyesDies, and Enoch is Tranſlated, &c. Yea, and the Devil doth his worſt to Extirpate …
    With rule
    … in Adam, Abel, Seth, Enoch, &c. And though Adam Falls, Abel is Slain, Seth DyesDies, and Enoch is Tranſlated, &c. Yea, and the Devil doth his worſt to Extirpate …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Sea, Jam. 1.6. was driven by the Wind of Temptation to do Evil, and ſo DyesDies, leaving a Diminiſh'd and Impoveriſh'd Kingdom to his Son Abijah or Abijam, who did …
    With rule
    … Sea, Jam. 1.6. was driven by the Wind of Temptation to do Evil, and ſo DyesDies, leaving a Diminiſh'd and Impoveriſh'd Kingdom to his Son Abijah or Abijam, who did …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 192 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Guards, Peter lives to do the Church much Service, and ſoon after the Tyrant DyesDies of a Lowzy Diſeaſe by the Churches-Prayer, ver. 7, 8, 10, 21, 23. to which Peters Releaſe, (who …
    With rule
    … Guards, Peter lives to do the Church much Service, and ſoon after the Tyrant DyesDies of a Lowzy Diſeaſe by the Churches-Prayer, ver. 7, 8, 10, 21, 23. to which Peters Releaſe, (who …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 397 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … him, and ragingly crying out, Oh! this is for my Cruelty to Chriſtians, ſo DyesDies Accurſed. (5) Earl-Simon, the Pope's prime Champion, was brain'd with a Stone thrown at …
    With rule
    … him, and ragingly crying out, Oh! this is for my Cruelty to Chriſtians, ſo DyesDies Accurſed. (5) Earl-Simon, the Pope's prime Champion, was brain'd with a Stone thrown at …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 448 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … a real one by God out of Heaven, He DyesDies, and Luther Lives: He DyesDies without Comfort, (which Bembus offer'd him out of the Goſpel,) Blaſphemouſly Rejecting it, ſaying …
    With rule
    … a real one by God out of Heaven, He DyesDies, and Luther Lives: He DyesDies without Comfort, (which Bembus offer'd him out of the Goſpel,) Blaſphemouſly Rejecting it, ſaying …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 466 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    … all ſorts of Sumptuous Dyer, not conſidering that, [plures pereunt Gulâ quàm gladio,] more DyesDies by Gluttony, than by the Sword: Much leſs did he mind what Chriſt ſaith …
    With rule
    … all ſorts of Sumptuous Dyer, not conſidering that, [plures pereunt Gulâ quàm gladio,] more DyesDies by Gluttony, than by the Sword: Much leſs did he mind what Chriſt ſaith …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 151 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … while he lives, and 2. To be born upon the Wings of Angels when he DyesDies; Such Honour have all the Saints, Pſal. 149.9. This is a greater Honour, than that …
    With rule
    … while he lives, and 2. To be born upon the Wings of Angels when he DyesDies; Such Honour have all the Saints, Pſal. 149.9. This is a greater Honour, than that …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 154 · Open in the reader

The Annals of the World A64619

  • Printed
    DyesDies. 2893
    With rule
    DyesDies. 2893

    James Ussher · The Annals of the World · Open in the reader

Abners Funeral A87150

  • Printed
    … things were likely to receive a faire end. In the midſt of all Abner DyesDies, The Buſineſſe is ſcoated: Pendent opera interrupta: Hence theſe teares in part. It was …
    With rule
    … things were likely to receive a faire end. In the midſt of all Abner DyesDies, The Buſineſſe is ſcoated: Pendent opera interrupta: Hence theſe teares in part. It was …

    Robert Harris · Abners Funeral · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

  • Printed
    Where falſe DyesDies, ſpots, appeare upon the skin,
    With rule
    Where falſe DyesDies, ſpots, appeare upon the skin,

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 169 · Open in the reader

Meditations and Vows Divine and Moral B13868

  • Printed
    … in himselfe; and partly hee findes not any worthy employment to while himselfe withall; DyesDies miserably, because hee either knowes not whither hee goes, or knowes hee goes to …
    With rule
    … in himselfe; and partly hee findes not any worthy employment to while himselfe withall; DyesDies miserably, because hee either knowes not whither hee goes, or knowes hee goes to …

    Joseph Hall · Meditations and Vows Divine and Moral · p. 164 · Open in the reader

The Nature of Apostasy B27715

  • Printed
    … that any one should ever come unto the Enjoyment of Him, who Lives and DyesDies impenitently in any Sin against the Rule and Tenor of that Holiness which the …
    With rule
    … that any one should ever come unto the Enjoyment of Him, who Lives and DyesDies impenitently in any Sin against the Rule and Tenor of that Holiness which the …

    John Owen · The Nature of Apostasy · p. 365 · Open in the reader

Kneeling to God at Parting with Friends N00642

  • Printed
    He dyesdies; His Work, when Time DyesDies ſhall ſurvive;
    With rule
    He dyesdies; His Work, when Time DyesDies ſhall ſurvive;

    John Danforth · Kneeling to God at Parting with Friends · p. 69 · Open in the reader