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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8186 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vncleanesseuncleanness

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

Puritas changed it
157 times in 99 works
Consistency
95.7% (157 of 164)
Reach if approved
~172 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: uncleanness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
164 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (157 changes in 99 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 157)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Take away therefore from vs (we humblye beſéeche thée) our heynous ſinnes and all vncleaneſſeuncleanness of life, to the intent we may according to our boūden dutie, ſéeke thée …
    With rule
    … Take away therefore from vs (we humblye beſéeche thée) our heynous ſinnes and all vncleaneſſeuncleanness of life, to the intent we may according to our boūden dutie, ſéeke thée …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … at this time, would haue remooued in much lesse time than they did the vncleanesseuncleanness that now they dealt-with. But that this House of God might fall into …
    With rule
    … at this time, would haue remooued in much lesse time than they did the vncleanesseuncleanness that now they dealt-with. But that this House of God might fall into …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 464 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Adulterie is here put for other vncleanesseuncleanness, the worde in Hebrew may signifie whordome, and may be read thus, Commit no …
    With rule
    Adulterie is here put for other vncleanesseuncleanness, the worde in Hebrew may signifie whordome, and may be read thus, Commit no …

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Lawe of nature. By this they did ſee the deformitie of vice, and the vncleaneſſeuncleanness thereof, but coulde not ſo much as haue one pure thought to purge their …
    With rule
    … Lawe of nature. By this they did ſee the deformitie of vice, and the vncleaneſſeuncleanness thereof, but coulde not ſo much as haue one pure thought to purge their …

    George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Saint Peter ſpeaketh of 2. Pet. 2.10.11.12. which walke after the fleſh, in the luſt of vncleaneſſeuncleanness, and deſpiſe the governement; which are preſumptuous, and ſtand in their owne conceipt, and …
    With rule
    … Saint Peter ſpeaketh of 2. Pet. 2.10.11.12. which walke after the fleſh, in the luſt of vncleaneſſeuncleanness, and deſpiſe the governement; which are preſumptuous, and ſtand in their owne conceipt, and …

    Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of saint Peter, whiche saieth: They walke after the fleshe, in the luste of vncleanesseuncleanness, and despise authorie. Presumpteous are they and stubborne, whiche feare not to speake euill …
    With rule
    … of saint Peter, whiche saieth: They walke after the fleshe, in the luste of vncleanesseuncleanness, and despise authorie. Presumpteous are they and stubborne, whiche feare not to speake euill …

    Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    A The diſtinction of creatures cleane or vncleane, chap. 11. touching of things accounted vncleane, vncleaneſſeuncleanness after child-birth, chap. 12. or for certaine diſeaſes of the body, cha. 13.14. and 15. and …
    With rule
    A The diſtinction of creatures cleane or vncleane, chap. 11. touching of things accounted vncleane, vncleaneſſeuncleanness after child-birth, chap. 12. or for certaine diſeaſes of the body, cha. 13.14. and 15. and …

    Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … impute not thoſe ſo much to the wickedneſſe of the tongue, as to the vncleaneſſeuncleanness of the heart: For of the abundance of the hart, the mouth ſpeaketh] We …
    With rule
    … impute not thoſe ſo much to the wickedneſſe of the tongue, as to the vncleaneſſeuncleanness of the heart: For of the abundance of the hart, the mouth ſpeaketh] We …

    Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 204 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary Upon Colossians A18073

  • Printed
    2 VncleaneſſeUncleanness) Meant all manner of vncleane words and deeds, which do not reach vnto the …
    With rule
    2 VncleaneſſeUncleanness) Meant all manner of vncleane words and deeds, which do not reach vnto the …

    Thomas Cartwright · Commentary Upon Colossians · p. 173 · Open in the reader