Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7973 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

auaileavail

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

Puritas changed it: 752 times in 287 works
Consistency: 100% (752 of 752)
Reach if approved: ~790 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: avail
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 752 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (752 changes in 287 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 752)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… we do swerue from the right way, and sinne against God, it will not auaileavail vs to haue all the men in the world on our minde, or to …
With rule
… we do swerue from the right way, and sinne against God, it will not auaileavail vs to haue all the men in the world on our minde, or to …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 427 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pardoned and done away (as it is by Chriſt). For they know it will auaileavail them little to bee by birth Noble and Honourable on earth, & ſo to haue …
With rule
… pardoned and done away (as it is by Chriſt). For they know it will auaileavail them little to bee by birth Noble and Honourable on earth, & ſo to haue …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 480 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good as washe, & suche lyke. Thou contemnest coniuryng and sayest that holy churches curssynges auaileavail not
With rule
… good as washe, & suche lyke. Thou contemnest coniuryng and sayest that holy churches curssynges auaileavail not
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader
Printed
… made frée, and ſaued by any externall worke or exerciſe, and that works whatſoeuer, auaileavail nothing thereunto, as on the contrary through impiety, and only vnbeliefe of the heart …
With rule
… made frée, and ſaued by any externall worke or exerciſe, and that works whatſoeuer, auaileavail nothing thereunto, as on the contrary through impiety, and only vnbeliefe of the heart …
Martin Luther · The Liberty of a Christian · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this wicked age ministreth no hope of recouerie by exhortation, and that nothing can auaileavail now to bring this to passe, but supplications and praiers: Let euery of vs …
With rule
… this wicked age ministreth no hope of recouerie by exhortation, and that nothing can auaileavail now to bring this to passe, but supplications and praiers: Let euery of vs …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… ought that went before? Or what if M^r. G. say so? What doth that auaileavail M^r. B. vnlesse he can proue it so to be? A supposition, we say …
With rule
… ought that went before? Or what if M^r. G. say so? What doth that auaileavail M^r. B. vnlesse he can proue it so to be? A supposition, we say …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
A Third compariſon to illuſtrate the excellencie of wiſedome. Weapons and engines auaileavail much in warres, for no warre is made-without them: but let them be …
With rule
A Third compariſon to illuſtrate the excellencie of wiſedome. Weapons and engines auaileavail much in warres, for no warre is made-without them: but let them be …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… iuſt nothing, if we will credit Salomon, nothing in compariſon of knowledge. For riches auaileavail not in the day of wrath, Prou. 11. 4. Neither ſiluer nor gold ſhall be able …
With rule
… iuſt nothing, if we will credit Salomon, nothing in compariſon of knowledge. For riches auaileavail not in the day of wrath, Prou. 11. 4. Neither ſiluer nor gold ſhall be able …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 114 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.