Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8391 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

petiepetty

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

Puritas changed it: 111 times in 53 works
Consistency: 94.8% (111 of 117)
Reach if approved: ~123 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: petie
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 117 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (111 changes in 53 works, 94.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 111)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… being onely in this Realme: ye bring them into foure heads, as for the petiepetty sects that you are so priuie of, as birds of your own hatching, till …
With rule
… being onely in this Realme: ye bring them into foure heads, as for the petiepetty sects that you are so priuie of, as birds of your own hatching, till …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · Open in the reader
Printed
… the elements of this world, who condemneth nothing more then to ſticke to ſuch petiepetty obſeruations*. Surelie they whiche call oyle, the oyle of ſaluation, doe renounce the ſaluation …
With rule
… the elements of this world, who condemneth nothing more then to ſticke to ſuch petiepetty obſeruations*. Surelie they whiche call oyle, the oyle of ſaluation, doe renounce the ſaluation …
John Calvin · Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 380 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs frō the ſlaunder, who ſeeke a ſharper puniſhment for ſuch enormities, then your petiepetty penaunce. If Flaſchius euer met with a mate like him ſelfe, that would haue …
With rule
… vs frō the ſlaunder, who ſeeke a ſharper puniſhment for ſuch enormities, then your petiepetty penaunce. If Flaſchius euer met with a mate like him ſelfe, that would haue …
William Charke · A Reply to a Censure · Open in the reader
Printed
… but of their own Hierarchie, that ſo they might Lord it and domineer like petiepetty Tyrants over the Commonalty and Gentry.
With rule
… but of their own Hierarchie, that ſo they might Lord it and domineer like petiepetty Tyrants over the Commonalty and Gentry.
Thomas Gataker · Vindication of His Annotations · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iudge now, whether this one authoritie bee not enough to weigh downe an hundred petiepetty Conuenticles, and many legions (if there had beene many) of priuate contradictions. Thus, for …
With rule
… Iudge now, whether this one authoritie bee not enough to weigh downe an hundred petiepetty Conuenticles, and many legions (if there had beene many) of priuate contradictions. Thus, for …
Joseph Hall · Epistles Volume 1 · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of them in those very places: which is the vsuall trade of such Protestant petiepetty writers. His proofes are tedious, superficiall, and stuffed with impertinent allegations, maimedly and corruptly …
With rule
… of them in those very places: which is the vsuall trade of such Protestant petiepetty writers. His proofes are tedious, superficiall, and stuffed with impertinent allegations, maimedly and corruptly …
Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of heauen, they are but a point, and leſſe than a point: they are petiepetty ioyes, peacocke ioyes, the ioyes of priſoners and poore pilgrimes.
With rule
… of heauen, they are but a point, and leſſe than a point: they are petiepetty ioyes, peacocke ioyes, the ioyes of priſoners and poore pilgrimes.
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Darius: Thus dealt the enemies of Dauid in Sauls Court. And there be many petiepetty and lower kinds of this iniurie among inferiours: as when the heire of the …
With rule
… Darius: Thus dealt the enemies of Dauid in Sauls Court. And there be many petiepetty and lower kinds of this iniurie among inferiours: as when the heire of the …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 537 · 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.

Law A00741

Printed
2…. H. 8. cap. 7. In PetiePetty Treaſon.
With rule
2…. H. 8. cap. 7. In PetiePetty Treaſon.
Henry Finch · Law · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iurie, 412. ſhall be tried by his Peeres, ib. exempted from doing ſuite at Courts. 241 PetiePetty treaſon, what. 218 how puniſhed, ibid. of diuers ſorts. 230 Plaints what, & where holden. 320 Pleading, what …
With rule
… Iurie, 412. ſhall be tried by his Peeres, ib. exempted from doing ſuite at Courts. 241 PetiePetty treaſon, what. 218 how puniſhed, ibid. of diuers ſorts. 230 Plaints what, & where holden. 320 Pleading, what …
Henry Finch · Law · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

Printed
His hart wes persit with PetiePetty
With rule
His hart wes persit with PetiePetty
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
… outward coūtenance of vertue in men, ſo as a man would ſaye, they bee PetiePetty Angelles, and no man can fynde faulte with them: But what for that? They …
With rule
… outward coūtenance of vertue in men, ſo as a man would ſaye, they bee PetiePetty Angelles, and no man can fynde faulte with them: But what for that? They …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 36 · Open in the reader