Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8071 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

busynesbusiness

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

Puritas changed it: 139 times in 60 works
Consistency: 99.2% (139 of 140)
Reach if approved: ~147 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: business
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 140 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (139 changes in 60 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 139)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the name of God to wirnesse in the trewth / and that in their dayly busynesbusiness betwen neighbour and neighbour) was no maner of synne. but in a false fayned …
With rule
… the name of God to wirnesse in the trewth / and that in their dayly busynesbusiness betwen neighbour and neighbour) was no maner of synne. but in a false fayned …
Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · Open in the reader
Printed
… selfe wyth any one liuynge? Yea how canne he be but a maker of busynesbusiness y^• thrusteth many menne oute of theyr lyuynges? But for all thys the flatterer …
With rule
… selfe wyth any one liuynge? Yea how canne he be but a maker of busynesbusiness y^• thrusteth many menne oute of theyr lyuynges? But for all thys the flatterer …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… so noble a kyng stādeth on thy syde, who shall putte the to any busynesbusiness, who shall be bolde to assayle the or ones fyght agaynst the? who I …
With rule
… so noble a kyng stādeth on thy syde, who shall putte the to any busynesbusiness, who shall be bolde to assayle the or ones fyght agaynst the? who I …
Thomas Becon · The Solace of the Soul Against the Bitter Storms of Sickness and Death · Open in the reader
Printed
… vse their teeth, or feet, or other fittest parts of the body, for the busynesbusiness possible to be done by them.
With rule
… vse their teeth, or feet, or other fittest parts of the body, for the busynesbusiness possible to be done by them.
John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 420 · Open in the reader
Printed
This oversear because he was taken from his awne busynesbusiness and laboure / to preach Gods worde vnto the paresh / hath ryght by the auctorite …
With rule
This oversear because he was taken from his awne busynesbusiness and laboure / to preach Gods worde vnto the paresh / hath ryght by the auctorite …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. lxxij · Open in the reader
Printed
… alſo on the Sabboth dayes to ryde or goe aboute this or that worldely: buſynesbusiness I am verye preſt, to ſitte down at this tauerne, and to goe to …
With rule
… alſo on the Sabboth dayes to ryde or goe aboute this or that worldely: buſynesbusiness I am verye preſt, to ſitte down at this tauerne, and to goe to …
John Bradford · Godly Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… leaders of the blind into the ditch, do witneſſe the contrary. And that this buſynesbusiness comes of your ſelf, though you ſeek to lay it vpon my back, let …
With rule
… leaders of the blind into the ditch, do witneſſe the contrary. And that this buſynesbusiness comes of your ſelf, though you ſeek to lay it vpon my back, let …
Richard Clifton · The Plea for Infants and Elder People Concerning their Baptism · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… providing of an able, and faithfull miniſtry coſt much, and it was a mighty buſynesbusiness to ſet it up. Ephe. 4.8. Chriſt aſcended up on high and led captivity captive …
With rule
… providing of an able, and faithfull miniſtry coſt much, and it was a mighty buſynesbusiness to ſet it up. Ephe. 4.8. Chriſt aſcended up on high and led captivity captive …
Charles Chauncey · Gods Mercy Showed to His People · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.