Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8373 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

letteslets

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

Puritas changed it: 185 times in 72 works
Consistency: 97.8% (185 of 189)
Reach if approved: ~199 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lets
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 189 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (185 changes in 72 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 185)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… gladly haue their huſbands and fathers dead, becauſe they thinke them to bee ſome letteslets vnto them to accompliſh their wicked deſiers. Such feigne themſelues to weepe, like Tekoah …
With rule
… gladly haue their huſbands and fathers dead, becauſe they thinke them to bee ſome letteslets vnto them to accompliſh their wicked deſiers. Such feigne themſelues to weepe, like Tekoah …
William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God ſet open, not to one nation nowe, but to all beleeuers. The letteslets that I ſpeake of, were eſpecially three. The nation of the Iewes: their Temple …
With rule
… of God ſet open, not to one nation nowe, but to all beleeuers. The letteslets that I ſpeake of, were eſpecially three. The nation of the Iewes: their Temple …
Edmund Bunny · The Whole Sum of Christian Religion · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enter. It is the nature of the Gospel, by taking away al maner of letteslets, to set vs opē an easie accesse into the kingdome of God. Nothinge therefore …
With rule
… enter. It is the nature of the Gospel, by taking away al maner of letteslets, to set vs opē an easie accesse into the kingdome of God. Nothinge therefore …
John Calvin · The Little Book · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not let to cōclude, ſo it is that I ſhall ouercome all maner of letteslets in the ſtrengthe of my God, and I will ſeke him although he repulſe …
With rule
… not let to cōclude, ſo it is that I ſhall ouercome all maner of letteslets in the ſtrengthe of my God, and I will ſeke him although he repulſe …
John Calvin · Sermons on the Song of Hezekiah · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a mans owne natiue countrey, into a strange realme. Many men haue so great letteslets, as how it is possible that they can, or may do so? Some haue …
With rule
… a mans owne natiue countrey, into a strange realme. Many men haue so great letteslets, as how it is possible that they can, or may do so? Some haue …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1783 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pleaſeth me beſt, then this is the meaning. Seyng in all affaires there be letteslets & impedimentes, what ſhal a man doe? Freat not thy ſelfe, though ſuch fooles hinder …
With rule
… pleaſeth me beſt, then this is the meaning. Seyng in all affaires there be letteslets & impedimentes, what ſhal a man doe? Freat not thy ſelfe, though ſuch fooles hinder …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And who then geueth vs ſuch an aſſuraunce in the middes of ſo many letteslets and hinderaunces? It is not, Sire, the leaning to any thinge that is in …
With rule
… And who then geueth vs ſuch an aſſuraunce in the middes of ſo many letteslets and hinderaunces? It is not, Sire, the leaning to any thinge that is in …
Theodore Beza · An Oration · Open in the reader
Printed
… faith, but a little knowledge in the Chriſtian religion, amongſt ſo many ſtumbling blockes, letteslets and daungers, haue ſet vp vnto vs ſo cleare and bright a glaſſe of …
With rule
… faith, but a little knowledge in the Chriſtian religion, amongſt ſo many ſtumbling blockes, letteslets and daungers, haue ſet vp vnto vs ſo cleare and bright a glaſſe of …
John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 111 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

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