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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8371 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kildkilled

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

Puritas changed it
379 times in 207 works
Consistency
98.4% (379 of 385)
Reach if approved
~405 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: killed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
385 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (379 changes in 207 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 379)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … againſt him, as is foreſhewed in chap. 15, and 16, that they that killed muſt bee kildkilled, and ſuch as murthered, muſt haue bloud to drinke, the vials of wrath being …
    With rule
    … againſt him, as is foreſhewed in chap. 15, and 16, that they that killed muſt bee kildkilled, and ſuch as murthered, muſt haue bloud to drinke, the vials of wrath being …

    Richard Bernard · A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … enemies of him and his people were ſaued aliue, when they might haue bin kildkilled, & ſo diſpatcht frō euer endangering of any his people afterwards, and that to ye …
    With rule
    … enemies of him and his people were ſaued aliue, when they might haue bin kildkilled, & ſo diſpatcht frō euer endangering of any his people afterwards, and that to ye …

    Thomas Sparke · Sermon 22 November 1593 · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Reports abroad, that he was kildkilled with drinking:
    With rule
    Reports abroad, that he was kildkilled with drinking:

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Lambe kildkilled before the Worlds first view;
    With rule
    Lambe kildkilled before the Worlds first view;

    Robert Boyd · A Spiritual Hymn · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Hectors vvife & S. Paules cuntrey—vvoman of Cilicia, she ſpeaking of her ſeauen brethren kildkilled in one day by Achilles ſaith:
    With rule
    … Hectors vvife & S. Paules cuntrey—vvoman of Cilicia, she ſpeaking of her ſeauen brethren kildkilled in one day by Achilles ſaith:

    Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … veneno in calici ſublatus fuit: Of late a Prior of ours in Venice was kildkilled with poyſon put into the Chalice, ſayth Iohn Baptiſta Leo Embaſſadour to the Duke …
    With rule
    … veneno in calici ſublatus fuit: Of late a Prior of ours in Venice was kildkilled with poyſon put into the Chalice, ſayth Iohn Baptiſta Leo Embaſſadour to the Duke …

    Alexander Cooke · More Work for a Mass-Priest · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Thus Atyches kildkilled him aliue, and wee kildkilled him dead.
    With rule
    Thus Atyches kildkilled him aliue, and wee kildkilled him dead.

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſlaine his thouſands, and David his ten thouſands: I tell you, carnall ſecuritie hath kildkilled many, but carnall confidence hath ſunke downe ten hundred thouſands into hell: when you …
    With rule
    … ſlaine his thouſands, and David his ten thouſands: I tell you, carnall ſecuritie hath kildkilled many, but carnall confidence hath ſunke downe ten hundred thouſands into hell: when you …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 529 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

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

Sicelides a Piscatory A00979

  • Printed
    KildKilled by a man?
    With rule
    KildKilled by a man?

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

  • Printed
    … beggerly and unarmed Irishmen, under the Conduct of the Lord Thomas Gerardine Earle of KildKilled…re, they sayled into England, and landed at a place called the Pile of …
    With rule
    … beggerly and unarmed Irishmen, under the Conduct of the Lord Thomas Gerardine Earle of KildKilled…re, they sayled into England, and landed at a place called the Pile of …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Our Lords Family A73571

  • Printed
    … a promeſſ that Chriſt ſhould deſtroy the workes of Satan, who deſtroyed the vorld, & KildKilled Adam, to be dead in ſin, & to leaue this world; our Lord his juſtice …
    With rule
    … a promeſſ that Chriſt ſhould deſtroy the workes of Satan, who deſtroyed the vorld, & KildKilled Adam, to be dead in ſin, & to leaue this world; our Lord his juſtice …

    Hugh Broughton · Our Lords Family · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

  • Printed
    KildKilled, ſav'd, pull'd down, ſet up, or pain'd, or eas'd;
    With rule
    KildKilled, ſav'd, pull'd down, ſet up, or pain'd, or eas'd;

    Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 80 · Open in the reader