Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8082 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fittefit

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

Puritas changed it: 699 times in 267 works
Consistency: 97.9% (699 of 714)
Reach if approved: ~750 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fit
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 714 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (699 changes in 267 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 699)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… forme and maner, and therefore cannot anſwere the capaſitie of euerie one, for ſome fittefit themſelues ſor ſmale and meane capacities, and ſome for learned and great vnderſtanding. Beſides …
With rule
… forme and maner, and therefore cannot anſwere the capaſitie of euerie one, for ſome fittefit themſelues ſor ſmale and meane capacities, and ſome for learned and great vnderſtanding. Beſides …
George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee minister one medicine for another; and so for want of skil the latter fittefit grindeth them sorer than the former. Some there be, who without precept and practise …
With rule
… wee minister one medicine for another; and so for want of skil the latter fittefit grindeth them sorer than the former. Some there be, who without precept and practise …
Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader
Printed
… my ſinnes committed againſt him in euery matter, and with griefe bewaile them at fittefit time, crauing pardon and ſtrength againſt them. Pſalme. 51.3.
With rule
… my ſinnes committed againſt him in euery matter, and with griefe bewaile them at fittefit time, crauing pardon and ſtrength againſt them. Pſalme. 51.3.
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heires of ſo great an inheritance vnto ſuch nources deſtitute altogether of any nouriſhment fittefit and conuenient for them.
With rule
… heires of ſo great an inheritance vnto ſuch nources deſtitute altogether of any nouriſhment fittefit and conuenient for them.
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fittest for the first Mission, and the second for the second, who also more fittefit, to make vs the sonnes of God by grace, then hee that was the …
With rule
… fittest for the first Mission, and the second for the second, who also more fittefit, to make vs the sonnes of God by grace, then hee that was the …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… man execute that offyce, wherby vertue is mayntayned & vice exiled? Is he not more fittefit to be a ruler that beleuethe in the true God, feareth him, seketh his …
With rule
… man execute that offyce, wherby vertue is mayntayned & vice exiled? Is he not more fittefit to be a ruler that beleuethe in the true God, feareth him, seketh his …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
They muſt be done with wiſedome fittefit for thoſe dueties.
With rule
They muſt be done with wiſedome fittefit for thoſe dueties.
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… or more cold; more sicke or more whole. But as it were a strange fittefit, that should transform Apuleius into an Alie: so it were a strange variation of …
With rule
… or more cold; more sicke or more whole. But as it were a strange fittefit, that should transform Apuleius into an Alie: so it were a strange variation of …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sacrifice of Thankfulness A02367

Printed
FitteFit to be made Methushalem his Page?
With rule
FitteFit to be made Methushalem his Page?
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 66 · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Apocalypse A16853

Printed
… Xenophon: it ſeemed to hide, if any ſhould have any defect in his body. FitteFit veſtemēts for the ſaincts, & meete for Chriſt to give them. But whereas the robes …
With rule
… Xenophon: it ſeemed to hide, if any ſhould have any defect in his body. FitteFit veſtemēts for the ſaincts, & meete for Chriſt to give them. But whereas the robes …
Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 189 · Open in the reader