Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8164 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

paynfullpainful

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

Puritas changed it: 78 times in 53 works
Consistency: 97.5% (78 of 80)
Reach if approved: ~84 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: painful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 80 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (78 changes in 53 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 78)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… where ten-fould honour is given to ruleing, though not well, above the most paynfullpainful labouring in the word, & doctrine. It well suites with the spirit of Anti-Christ …
With rule
… where ten-fould honour is given to ruleing, though not well, above the most paynfullpainful labouring in the word, & doctrine. It well suites with the spirit of Anti-Christ …
John Robinson · Of Religious Communion Private and Public · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doinges they oppresse the tēporalty & their comē wealth, & be greuous vnto y^e rych, and paynfullpainful to y^• poore: yet they be so many & so exercised in wyles & so subtyl …
With rule
… doinges they oppresse the tēporalty & their comē wealth, & be greuous vnto y^e rych, and paynfullpainful to y^• poore: yet they be so many & so exercised in wyles & so subtyl …
William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue ony honye. And Mimus ſayeth in theſe wordes: Beare that whyche is greueous & paynfullpainful that thou mayſte haue that whyche is pleaſaunte and profytable. Wherfore Valerius maximus .ii …
With rule
… haue ony honye. And Mimus ſayeth in theſe wordes: Beare that whyche is greueous & paynfullpainful that thou mayſte haue that whyche is pleaſaunte and profytable. Wherfore Valerius maximus .ii …
Henrich Bullinger · Commentary on 2 Thessalonians · Open in the reader
Printed
… be as redy to see those thinges that make agaynst him, as he is paynfullpainful and studious to draw, as it were by force, all thinges to his purpose …
With rule
… be as redy to see those thinges that make agaynst him, as he is paynfullpainful and studious to draw, as it were by force, all thinges to his purpose …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what. 78. a. among Chriſtiās maketh all things commō. 83. a. beautifieth all things. 248. b. not paynfullpainful. 418. b. ſignified to vs by Gods correction. 25. a
With rule
… what. 78. a. among Chriſtiās maketh all things commō. 83. a. beautifieth all things. 248. b. not paynfullpainful. 418. b. ſignified to vs by Gods correction. 25. a
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… perfect, here mortall, there immortal, here sower, ther sweet, here harde, there pleasaunt, here paynfullpainful, there dilectable, here Godly, there inestimable glorious.
With rule
… perfect, here mortall, there immortal, here sower, ther sweet, here harde, there pleasaunt, here paynfullpainful, there dilectable, here Godly, there inestimable glorious.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… litle while. Let vs therfore patiently suffer in hope that in steede of this paynfullpainful sowing for so small a time, we shall hereafter reape euerlasting ioy and blessednes …
With rule
… litle while. Let vs therfore patiently suffer in hope that in steede of this paynfullpainful sowing for so small a time, we shall hereafter reape euerlasting ioy and blessednes …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are many thynges brought to sight, to hearinge, & to other knowledge, whiche are moste paynfullpainful to fele, and we wold wish to be ridde from them, yet must we …
With rule
… are many thynges brought to sight, to hearinge, & to other knowledge, whiche are moste paynfullpainful to fele, and we wold wish to be ridde from them, yet must we …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

Printed
… before, as manie Leaders, and Encowragers must wee reckon our selues to haue. 2. The PaynfullPainful, and not the Sloathfull, are the true Imitators of allowed Examples. 3. In the Way …
With rule
… before, as manie Leaders, and Encowragers must wee reckon our selues to haue. 2. The PaynfullPainful, and not the Sloathfull, are the true Imitators of allowed Examples. 3. In the Way …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 102 · Open in the reader