Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8029 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pittepit

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

Puritas changed it: 277 times in 132 works
Consistency: 100% (277 of 277)
Reach if approved: ~291 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pit
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 277 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (277 changes in 132 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 277)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… their goodes. So thei and al that thei had, went doune aliue into the pittepit, and the Earth couered them. And there came out a Fier frō the Lorde …
With rule
… their goodes. So thei and al that thei had, went doune aliue into the pittepit, and the Earth couered them. And there came out a Fier frō the Lorde …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader
Printed
… sinneth doth, as much as in him lieth, cast his soule into the very pittepit of hell: and wholesome admonitions are as the reaching out of the hand to …
With rule
… sinneth doth, as much as in him lieth, cast his soule into the very pittepit of hell: and wholesome admonitions are as the reaching out of the hand to …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 501 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that I haue in openinge of this matter doone nothing els but digged a pittepit / and haue not shutt it vp againe / or broken a gap / and haue not …
With rule
… that I haue in openinge of this matter doone nothing els but digged a pittepit / and haue not shutt it vp againe / or broken a gap / and haue not …
Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · Open in the reader
Printed
… is as well able to ſtand againſt, and to beat downe poperie into the pittepit of hell, from whence it came, as well when poperie hath the ſame armour …
With rule
… is as well able to ſtand againſt, and to beat downe poperie into the pittepit of hell, from whence it came, as well when poperie hath the ſame armour …
Thomas Stoughton · Against Popery · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… graue, and to quicken thoſe which were nowe in a maner fallen into the pittepit. Wherefore to the intent thou mayeſt ſtirre vp an earneſt deſire & feruent affection in …
With rule
… graue, and to quicken thoſe which were nowe in a maner fallen into the pittepit. Wherefore to the intent thou mayeſt ſtirre vp an earneſt deſire & feruent affection in …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader
Printed
… cordingly, he is said to be revealed, when, through prevailing darknes of the bottomles pittepit, he obtained a throne even in the Temple of God. And, even thus, againe …
With rule
… cordingly, he is said to be revealed, when, through prevailing darknes of the bottomles pittepit, he obtained a throne even in the Temple of God. And, even thus, againe …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… remembre that Chriſte ſaith, if the blynde leade the blynde: boeth fal into the pittepit. And thou muſt doub tleſſe cōmpt their writtinges euē verie blindnes, in regarde… of …
With rule
… remembre that Chriſte ſaith, if the blynde leade the blynde: boeth fal into the pittepit. And thou muſt doub tleſſe cōmpt their writtinges euē verie blindnes, in regarde… of …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. iiij · Open in the reader
Printed
… searche the time wherein this beaste should arise from the earth and the bottomlesse pittepit, and should destroye the Christian common wealth? But howe shall a man apply it …
With rule
… searche the time wherein this beaste should arise from the earth and the bottomlesse pittepit, and should destroye the Christian common wealth? But howe shall a man apply it …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 37 · 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.