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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8413 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vncertayneuncertain

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

Puritas changed it
170 times in 86 works
Consistency
100% (170 of 170)
Reach if approved
~179 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: uncertain
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
170 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (170 changes in 86 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 170)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … so presented them: so this man to make the government of Christs Church as vncertayneuncertain as an Almanack, sets together, and so offers to the vvievv of the world …
    With rule
    … so presented them: so this man to make the government of Christs Church as vncertayneuncertain as an Almanack, sets together, and so offers to the vvievv of the world …

    John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … well done; must not depende vpon our own perswasion, which is very changeable and vncertayneuncertain: but our perswasion to doe any thing, must depende rather vpon the trueth and …
    With rule
    … well done; must not depende vpon our own perswasion, which is very changeable and vncertayneuncertain: but our perswasion to doe any thing, must depende rather vpon the trueth and …

    Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in these things, whereas on the other parte all men crye out agaynst the vncertayneuncertain doctrine of the Romish Clergie, béeing confirmed by no good authority, yet they cry …
    With rule
    … in these things, whereas on the other parte all men crye out agaynst the vncertayneuncertain doctrine of the Romish Clergie, béeing confirmed by no good authority, yet they cry …

    Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … way. But, what-so-ever obscuritie had appeared to bee in Scripture; or, howe vncertayneuncertain so-ever the vayne and running Humours of men, might appeare to make it …
    With rule
    … way. But, what-so-ever obscuritie had appeared to bee in Scripture; or, howe vncertayneuncertain so-ever the vayne and running Humours of men, might appeare to make it …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … C…p from the People, he disclaymeth that Sermon to be Cyprian's, but some vncertayneuncertain Author's.
    With rule
    … C…p from the People, he disclaymeth that Sermon to be Cyprian's, but some vncertayneuncertain Author's.

    William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 168 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … them ſelues are moſt diuers and diſtinct. Now if the woorde be made ſo vncertayneuncertain, our faith which is grounded therevpon, can not be ſure: And if our fayth …
    With rule
    … them ſelues are moſt diuers and diſtinct. Now if the woorde be made ſo vncertayneuncertain, our faith which is grounded therevpon, can not be ſure: And if our fayth …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … them frō theyr workes, theyr conſcyence be confounded or troubled, and erre & wauer aboute vncertayneuncertain / and ſo they nother kepe faythe nor workes. But ſtyffe necked men, holdynge ſtyffelye …
    With rule
    … them frō theyr workes, theyr conſcyence be confounded or troubled, and erre & wauer aboute vncertayneuncertain / and ſo they nother kepe faythe nor workes. But ſtyffe necked men, holdynge ſtyffelye …

    Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … world. Be not proud for thy rytches sake, nor putte not thy truste in vncertayneuncertain rytches, but in the lyuynge God. Be rytche ī good workes. Be redy to …
    With rule
    … world. Be not proud for thy rytches sake, nor putte not thy truste in vncertayneuncertain rytches, but in the lyuynge God. Be rytche ī good workes. Be redy to …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · 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.