Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8042 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

toppetop

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

Puritas changed it: 512 times in 245 works
Consistency: 99.0% (512 of 517)
Reach if approved: ~543 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: top
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 517 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (512 changes in 245 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 512)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… difficultie in the matter: for behold he is neere thee, he ſtandeth in the toppetop of the high places, (ſaith Salomon.) Iohn ſaw him in the midst of the …
With rule
… difficultie in the matter: for behold he is neere thee, he ſtandeth in the toppetop of the high places, (ſaith Salomon.) Iohn ſaw him in the midst of the …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diameter of the Well (which now standeth for the length:) be 10 foote, which at toppetop is supposed to be equall to that at bottome: the opposite height, by the …
With rule
… diameter of the Well (which now standeth for the length:) be 10 foote, which at toppetop is supposed to be equall to that at bottome: the opposite height, by the …
Petrus Ramus · The Way to Geometry · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… restored her sōne from death to syfe? Dyd not he agayne pray in y^e toppetop of the mounte Carmelus, & obtayned after long droute plēte of rayn? Dyd not Ezechias …
With rule
… restored her sōne from death to syfe? Dyd not he agayne pray in y^e toppetop of the mounte Carmelus, & obtayned after long droute plēte of rayn? Dyd not Ezechias …
Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… imployeth all his wit vpon such things: but that he is falne from the toppetop of his mynde, and that by the greeuonsnes of that fall, he hath so …
With rule
… imployeth all his wit vpon such things: but that he is falne from the toppetop of his mynde, and that by the greeuonsnes of that fall, he hath so …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 292 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conuenient, orderly & eaſie maner of hādling the doctrines of God, ſhe ſtandeth in the toppetop of the higheſt places, where all wayfaring men that are ſtrangers in our countrie …
With rule
… conuenient, orderly & eaſie maner of hādling the doctrines of God, ſhe ſtandeth in the toppetop of the higheſt places, where all wayfaring men that are ſtrangers in our countrie …
Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · Open in the reader
Printed
… the shaking of an Oliue tree, whereupon remayneth two o… three berries in the toppetop of the vppermost rowe, & foure or fiue in the broade fruitfull braunches thereof sayth …
With rule
… the shaking of an Oliue tree, whereupon remayneth two o… three berries in the toppetop of the vppermost rowe, & foure or fiue in the broade fruitfull braunches thereof sayth …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… they haue left nothing vppon it, yet there be two or three in the toppetop amonge the boughes, & foure or fiue vnder the leaues in the higheſt brā ches …
With rule
… they haue left nothing vppon it, yet there be two or three in the toppetop amonge the boughes, & foure or fiue vnder the leaues in the higheſt brā ches …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the Apoſtle, like a good Captaine, had ſufficiently, furniſhed the Chriſtian Souldier from toppetop to toe with all needfull ſpirituall Armour, both defenſiue and offenſiue, hee proceedeth to …
With rule
… that the Apoſtle, like a good Captaine, had ſufficiently, furniſhed the Chriſtian Souldier from toppetop to toe with all needfull ſpirituall Armour, both defenſiue and offenſiue, hee proceedeth to …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 340 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… owne abundance is able to set forth a Shippe, from the Keele to the ToppeTop-sayle, with all prouision, furnished to the Sea. Neither grieue I to tell it …
With rule
… owne abundance is able to set forth a Shippe, from the Keele to the ToppeTop-sayle, with all prouision, furnished to the Sea. Neither grieue I to tell it …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 439 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
ToppeTop.
With rule
ToppeTop.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 151 · Open in the reader

Pseudo-Martyr A20647

Printed
… the ruine of the foundation it selfe: So if these two principall beames and ToppeTop-rafters, the Prince and the Priest, rent asunder, the whole frame and Foundation of …
With rule
… the ruine of the foundation it selfe: So if these two principall beames and ToppeTop-rafters, the Prince and the Priest, rent asunder, the whole frame and Foundation of …
John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · Open in the reader

Life of William Laud A56135

Printed
… Vane which had the Archbiſhops Armes in it, had a tumbling caſt from the ToppeTop of the Steeple, being ſtrucke downe by a ſtroke from Heaven in a fearefull …
With rule
… Vane which had the Archbiſhops Armes in it, had a tumbling caſt from the ToppeTop of the Steeple, being ſtrucke downe by a ſtroke from Heaven in a fearefull …
William Prynne · Life of William Laud · p. 34 · Open in the reader