Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8322 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

affraydafraid

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

Puritas changed it: 72 times in 50 works
Consistency: 100% (72 of 72)
Reach if approved: ~76 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: afraid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 72 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (72 changes in 50 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 72)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… among vs, and would bee thought to bee of vs: yet they are neyther affraydafraid nor aſhamed to affirme that the controuerſie of the Supper is not ſo manifeſt …
With rule
… among vs, and would bee thought to bee of vs: yet they are neyther affraydafraid nor aſhamed to affirme that the controuerſie of the Supper is not ſo manifeſt …
William Attersoll · The New Covenant · Open in the reader
Printed
… in no other Schoole, but yours. But such as are offended, wherfore are they affraydafraid? Of doing their duty to God in his house? What, call you that Gods …
With rule
… in no other Schoole, but yours. But such as are offended, wherfore are they affraydafraid? Of doing their duty to God in his house? What, call you that Gods …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 338 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more like the power of a God, then of a Devil. And are eftſoones affraydafraid of the power of the Devill, more then of GOD: And of the WITCH …
With rule
… more like the power of a God, then of a Devil. And are eftſoones affraydafraid of the power of the Devill, more then of GOD: And of the WITCH …
John Gaule · Select Cases Conscience Touching Witches and Witchcrafts · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gregory the firſt of that name, who was alſo Biſſhop of Rome, was not affraydafraid to pronounce openly, that he was the vauntcurour of Antichriſt, that wolde ſuffer him …
With rule
… Gregory the firſt of that name, who was alſo Biſſhop of Rome, was not affraydafraid to pronounce openly, that he was the vauntcurour of Antichriſt, that wolde ſuffer him …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… thynke not thy ſelfe ſo ſuer nor ſo well defenſed, that he wyll be affraydafraid of the. Therefore lett vs pray vnto god diligently and feruently that he wyll …
With rule
… thynke not thy ſelfe ſo ſuer nor ſo well defenſed, that he wyll be affraydafraid of the. Therefore lett vs pray vnto god diligently and feruently that he wyll …
Martin Luther · Sermon on Matthew 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can doe any thing without God, neither needs the godly to be offended nor affraydafraid for the Antichriſt, nor to be diſcouraged when they ſee men daily falling away …
With rule
… can doe any thing without God, neither needs the godly to be offended nor affraydafraid for the Antichriſt, nor to be diſcouraged when they ſee men daily falling away …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
You do well Thomas to be affraydafraid, Did you neuer here before, how y^e prieſts did pay y^e ſeriage for to …
With rule
You do well Thomas to be affraydafraid, Did you neuer here before, how y^e prieſts did pay y^e ſeriage for to …
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader
Printed
… most abiect in the worlds eye. Feare not I am with thee, be not affraydafraid: I am thy God, I will strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and sustaine thee …
With rule
… most abiect in the worlds eye. Feare not I am with thee, be not affraydafraid: I am thy God, I will strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and sustaine thee …
John Boys · Remains of John Boyse · p. 19 · 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.