Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8174 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sayedsaid

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

Puritas changed it: 1,291 times in 222 works
Consistency: 100% (1,291 of 1,291)
Reach if approved: ~1,356 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: said
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,291 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,291 changes in 222 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,291)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… when Augustine calleth it the Westerne Babylon, they meane the church of Rome. I sayedsaid not they meane the church of Rome, as it was in their time, but …
With rule
… when Augustine calleth it the Westerne Babylon, they meane the church of Rome. I sayedsaid not they meane the church of Rome, as it was in their time, but …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 191 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his mother crowned him in the day of his espousalls. where the Church is sayedsaid to set a Crowne on Christs head; as if his full and perfect coronation …
With rule
… his mother crowned him in the day of his espousalls. where the Church is sayedsaid to set a Crowne on Christs head; as if his full and perfect coronation …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men, but they may receiue their triall by this Canon, and may truly be ſayedsaid to ſtand or fall, according to the iudgement and verdict thereof.
With rule
… men, but they may receiue their triall by this Canon, and may truly be ſayedsaid to ſtand or fall, according to the iudgement and verdict thereof.
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of poore men therby minished and takē awai. But afterwarde a certayne noble man sayedsaid to me, what haste thou to do wyth the kinges horses: I answered, & sayd …
With rule
… of poore men therby minished and takē awai. But afterwarde a certayne noble man sayedsaid to me, what haste thou to do wyth the kinges horses: I answered, & sayd …
Hugh Latimer · First Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… merciful lorde, & no lesse but much more bounteous to hym, then he was afore…sayedsaid: bringe ye forth, and multiplye and replenyshe the earth. The fear of you, & the …
With rule
… merciful lorde, & no lesse but much more bounteous to hym, then he was afore…sayedsaid: bringe ye forth, and multiplye and replenyshe the earth. The fear of you, & the …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader
Printed
A. 3. First, in that is sayedsaid, God spake these woordes, and saide, I learne that God is the author of …
With rule
A. 3. First, in that is sayedsaid, God spake these woordes, and saide, I learne that God is the author of …
Robert Openshaw · Short Questions And Answers Containing The Sum Of Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
Obiect. If it be obiected againſt this which I haue ſayedsaid; why is the repentant ſtate in ſo meane account in the world then, if …
With rule
Obiect. If it be obiected againſt this which I haue ſayedsaid; why is the repentant ſtate in ſo meane account in the world then, if …
Richard Rogers · Sermons · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… stile is to exuberate in matters of no moment. You might as well have sayedsaid that there is no colour of truth, why God that made a crowe should …
With rule
… stile is to exuberate in matters of no moment. You might as well have sayedsaid that there is no colour of truth, why God that made a crowe should …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 369 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.