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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8248 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kepyngkeeping

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

Puritas changed it
127 times in 42 works
Consistency
97.6% (127 of 130)
Reach if approved
~137 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: keeping
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
130 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (127 changes in 42 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 127)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … him ſelfe. And agayne, ſayth he, Circumciſion is nothyng vncircumciſion is nothyng: but the kepyngkeeping of the cō maundementes is all together. Looke wherein thou canſt beſt kepe the …
    With rule
    … him ſelfe. And agayne, ſayth he, Circumciſion is nothyng vncircumciſion is nothyng: but the kepyngkeeping of the cō maundementes is all together. Looke wherein thou canſt beſt kepe the …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … So that a iuste, or righteous man, is he that exerciseth hymself, in the kepyngkeeping of Goddes commaundementes, so neare as God shall giue hym grace, and the infirmitie …
    With rule
    … So that a iuste, or righteous man, is he that exerciseth hymself, in the kepyngkeeping of Goddes commaundementes, so neare as God shall giue hym grace, and the infirmitie …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Moyses lefte the boke in an olde cheste, & the Leuites had it in kepyngkeeping. And bycause ther should be no errour, no addition, nor takynge away from it …
    With rule
    Moyses lefte the boke in an olde cheste, & the Leuites had it in kepyngkeeping. And bycause ther should be no errour, no addition, nor takynge away from it …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    The Lord gaue Paradyce in kepyngkeeping
    With rule
    The Lord gaue Paradyce in kepyngkeeping

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and tenementes, yt they maye lyue lyke Lordes alone in a towne, and yet kepyngkeeping slender houses and hongry hospitalite, but also after suche sorte let out theyr lōdes …
    With rule
    … and tenementes, yt they maye lyue lyke Lordes alone in a towne, and yet kepyngkeeping slender houses and hongry hospitalite, but also after suche sorte let out theyr lōdes …

    Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … be the breakyng of goddis cōmandment / then muſt the kepyngkeeping of them be the kepyngkeeping of goddis cōmādment / & they muſt alſo be goddis cōmandmentes. If that a mā cum …
    With rule
    … be the breakyng of goddis cōmandment / then muſt the kepyngkeeping of them be the kepyngkeeping of goddis cōmādment / & they muſt alſo be goddis cōmandmentes. If that a mā cum …

    William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … haue a wife, I haue a charge of children. I am burdened with houſe kepyngkeeping, I am a man of the world, it is not for me to read …
    With rule
    … haue a wife, I haue a charge of children. I am burdened with houſe kepyngkeeping, I am a man of the world, it is not for me to read …

    Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the vnitie of the church… do remayne in vs. We muste also (for the kepyngkeeping and folowyng of the order of the Lorde) brynge wyth vs an other affection …
    With rule
    … the vnitie of the church… do remayne in vs. We muste also (for the kepyngkeeping and folowyng of the order of the Lorde) brynge wyth vs an other affection …

    John Calvin · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross A05394

  • Printed
    Shewe the nobilitie that they haue oppressed the comminaltye, KepyngKeeping theim vnder in feare & ignorauce, by power & aucthoritye, which myght & should haue bene louyngly …
    With rule
    Shewe the nobilitie that they haue oppressed the comminaltye, KepyngKeeping theim vnder in feare & ignorauce, by power & aucthoritye, which myght & should haue bene louyngly …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    KepyngKeeping of the commaundementes maketh a man ſee his fayth and to bee bold therein …
    With rule
    KepyngKeeping of the commaundementes maketh a man ſee his fayth and to bee bold therein …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 414 · Open in the reader