Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8084 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fraylefrail

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

Puritas changed it: 239 times in 108 works
Consistency: 99.5% (239 of 240)
Reach if approved: ~252 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: frail
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 240 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (239 changes in 108 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 239)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… example, who being a man subiect to the like passions, as wee, that is, fraylefrail, both in respect of his mind, and body, in respect of his mind, as …
With rule
… example, who being a man subiect to the like passions, as wee, that is, fraylefrail, both in respect of his mind, and body, in respect of his mind, as …
John Boys · Remains of John Boyse · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhal our tendernes or rather cowardlines be, if in the ſhort courſe of a fraylefrail life we faynt?
With rule
… ſhal our tendernes or rather cowardlines be, if in the ſhort courſe of a fraylefrail life we faynt?
John Calvin · Commentary on Romans · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… blessed eternitie. All those blessings of the Left hand, as Riches and Honour, are fraylefrail and mortall: Nothing lastes long in this World, except a sute at Law. But …
With rule
… blessed eternitie. All those blessings of the Left hand, as Riches and Honour, are fraylefrail and mortall: Nothing lastes long in this World, except a sute at Law. But …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… downe into the earthe, and hath debaſed himſelfe to the baſe eſtate of our fraylefrail fleſh, ſo by this, the work of our regeneration is in a goodly forwardneſſe …
With rule
… downe into the earthe, and hath debaſed himſelfe to the baſe eſtate of our fraylefrail fleſh, ſo by this, the work of our regeneration is in a goodly forwardneſſe …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader
Printed
… hym vnto a poore mayde, & sware y^t he neuer knewe hym, so impotente, weake, fraylefrail, & ful of all imbecilite is man, if he be lefte vnto hymselfe, & not endewed …
With rule
… hym vnto a poore mayde, & sware y^t he neuer knewe hym, so impotente, weake, fraylefrail, & ful of all imbecilite is man, if he be lefte vnto hymselfe, & not endewed …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader
Printed
… all the dayes of oure lyfe, that after the shorte pilgrimage of this oure fraylefrail lyfe, we maye attayne and come vnto that blessed & immortall life, where he reygneth …
With rule
… all the dayes of oure lyfe, that after the shorte pilgrimage of this oure fraylefrail lyfe, we maye attayne and come vnto that blessed & immortall life, where he reygneth …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
Printed
… but all are earthen pitchers: Some are more cleare then others, but all glaſſes fraylefrail, brittle. Is here any cauſe of pride?
With rule
… but all are earthen pitchers: Some are more cleare then others, but all glaſſes fraylefrail, brittle. Is here any cauſe of pride?
Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 219 · Open in the reader
Printed
… through humaine infirmitie, haue thou mercie vpon vs, who knoweſt vs to he both fraylefrail fleſhe, and alſo very weake ſpirited: and ſo (of thy infinite goodneſſe) incline thy …
With rule
… through humaine infirmitie, haue thou mercie vpon vs, who knoweſt vs to he both fraylefrail fleſhe, and alſo very weake ſpirited: and ſo (of thy infinite goodneſſe) incline thy …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · 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.