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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8261 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pinnepin

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

Puritas changed it
209 times in 158 works
Consistency
93.7% (209 of 223)
Reach if approved
~234 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: pin
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
223 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (209 changes in 158 works, 93.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 209)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … soule like to the apple of the eye; which beeing pearced by the least pinnepin that may be, is not onely blemished, but also looseth his sight. Therefore as …
    With rule
    … soule like to the apple of the eye; which beeing pearced by the least pinnepin that may be, is not onely blemished, but also looseth his sight. Therefore as …

    William Perkins · Conscience · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Shall wood bee taken thereof to doe any worke? Or will men take a pinnepin of it to hang any veſſell thereon? Behold when it was whole it was …
    With rule
    … Shall wood bee taken thereof to doe any worke? Or will men take a pinnepin of it to hang any veſſell thereon? Behold when it was whole it was …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … then you. But this is your faſhion, vpon your owne head, without proofe, to pinnepin vpon them that you finde ſpoken againſt, by ſome ancient fathers, what you liſt …
    With rule
    … then you. But this is your faſhion, vpon your owne head, without proofe, to pinnepin vpon them that you finde ſpoken againſt, by ſome ancient fathers, what you liſt …

    Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 382 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to exercise good workes? Now albeit this Author be for the present upon the pinnepin of disparaging our doctrine as utterly unsufficient for consolation to an afflicted soule, yet …
    With rule
    … to exercise good workes? Now albeit this Author be for the present upon the pinnepin of disparaging our doctrine as utterly unsufficient for consolation to an afflicted soule, yet …

    William Twisse · The Doctrine of the Synod of Dort · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … with new Ropes, (the feare of authority) they will not hold him; vvith the pinnepin and vvoofe (of Lavv and Goſpell) none of theſe vvill hold him.
    With rule
    … with new Ropes, (the feare of authority) they will not hold him; vvith the pinnepin and vvoofe (of Lavv and Goſpell) none of theſe vvill hold him.

    Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 428 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in the matter of religiō, as Moses for the Iewish. Or if the least pinnepin, and the meanest appurtenance of the Tabernacle, and all the service thereof, behooved to …
    With rule
    … in the matter of religiō, as Moses for the Iewish. Or if the least pinnepin, and the meanest appurtenance of the Tabernacle, and all the service thereof, behooved to …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 119 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … themselves, for that which they hold and professe in religion, will bee apt to pinnepin their conscience upon other mens sleeves, and to bee carried away, even as they …
    With rule
    … themselves, for that which they hold and professe in religion, will bee apt to pinnepin their conscience upon other mens sleeves, and to bee carried away, even as they …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 496 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … us not to ſtand too much upon the bare authority of men, as to pinnepin faith upon their opinion: Omnes patres, & tota ſchola are not the Old and New …
    With rule
    … us not to ſtand too much upon the bare authority of men, as to pinnepin faith upon their opinion: Omnes patres, & tota ſchola are not the Old and New …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 247 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Twenty-Nine Sermons A41140

  • Printed
    … Sampſon, the Philiſtines are upon thee, and awaked him out of his ſleepe, the PinnePin and Webbe was not ſtrong enough to hold him. Thus it is with many …
    With rule
    … Sampſon, the Philiſtines are upon thee, and awaked him out of his ſleepe, the PinnePin and Webbe was not ſtrong enough to hold him. Thus it is with many …

    William Fenner · Twenty-Nine Sermons · p. 394 · Open in the reader

The Sacrifice of the Faithful 2 A85208

  • Printed
    … Sampſon, the Philiſtins are upon thee, and awaked him out of his ſleepe, the PinnePin and Webbe was not ſtrong enough to hold him. Thus it is with many …
    With rule
    … Sampſon, the Philiſtins are upon thee, and awaked him out of his ſleepe, the PinnePin and Webbe was not ſtrong enough to hold him. Thus it is with many …

    William Fenner · The Sacrifice of the Faithful 2 · p. 57 · Open in the reader