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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7986 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

learnyngelearning

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

Puritas changed it
131 times in 56 works
Consistency
100% (131 of 131)
Reach if approved
~138 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: learning
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
131 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (131 changes in 56 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 131)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … had in decision & reuyled spytefully: oure selues then madde, had wente theyr synes and learnyngelearning to be madnes and heresie, so puttyng them to death moste cruelly & shamefully: but …
    With rule
    … had in decision & reuyled spytefully: oure selues then madde, had wente theyr synes and learnyngelearning to be madnes and heresie, so puttyng them to death moste cruelly & shamefully: but …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Reckoning and Declaration of Faith and Belief · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … to maintaine our quarrell. Of the whiche warre, this woulde be the issue, that learnyngelearning should be extinguisshed, barbarous confusion brought in, & humanitie it selfe in maner be taken …
    With rule
    … to maintaine our quarrell. Of the whiche warre, this woulde be the issue, that learnyngelearning should be extinguisshed, barbarous confusion brought in, & humanitie it selfe in maner be taken …

    John Calvin · The Little Book · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    ☞Men of learnyngelearning and iudgemente in the scriptures, may easely perceiue your ignoraūce in this matter. I …
    With rule
    ☞Men of learnyngelearning and iudgemente in the scriptures, may easely perceiue your ignoraūce in this matter. I …

    Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the Misshapen Answer to a Wicked Ballad · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Apoſtles dayes? & yet they depoſed none. So that Gods worde and their owne learnyngelearning, and the practiſe of our Maiſter Chriſte, and his holy Apoſtels, are openly agaynſt …
    With rule
    … the Apoſtles dayes? & yet they depoſed none. So that Gods worde and their owne learnyngelearning, and the practiſe of our Maiſter Chriſte, and his holy Apoſtels, are openly agaynſt …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 186 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … they haue done, and as theyr fathers ded afore them, callynge the veryte sediciouse learnyngelearning?
    With rule
    … they haue done, and as theyr fathers ded afore them, callynge the veryte sediciouse learnyngelearning?

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. cviii · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Euery couetouse man hateth learnyngelearning, and receyueth not the feare of God, for the gredy desire that he hathe …
    With rule
    Euery couetouse man hateth learnyngelearning, and receyueth not the feare of God, for the gredy desire that he hathe …

    Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … instincte of his mooste holy Spirite, & not by theyr owne polecy, wyt, reason, eloquence & learnyngelearning. But y• wherin they haue erred, let vs charitably… enterpret, take it into y …
    With rule
    … instincte of his mooste holy Spirite, & not by theyr owne polecy, wyt, reason, eloquence & learnyngelearning. But y• wherin they haue erred, let vs charitably… enterpret, take it into y …

    Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … nedefull) of ſuch as by whom you ſhall thinke I may receiue knowledge and learnyngelearning, as one that hath great nede thereof, and that doth deſire nothynge ſo muche …
    With rule
    … nedefull) of ſuch as by whom you ſhall thinke I may receiue knowledge and learnyngelearning, as one that hath great nede thereof, and that doth deſire nothynge ſo muche …

    Theodore Beza · An Oration · 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.