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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8419 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnkindnesunkindness

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

Puritas changed it
101 times in 72 works
Consistency
97.1% (101 of 104)
Reach if approved
~109 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unkindness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
104 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (101 changes in 72 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 101)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to aſſure vs of his mercie, that it is to him a matter of vnkindnesunkindness, if we ſhall once make doubt or ſcruple of it. Doth any man miſtruſt …
    With rule
    … to aſſure vs of his mercie, that it is to him a matter of vnkindnesunkindness, if we ſhall once make doubt or ſcruple of it. Doth any man miſtruſt …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 172 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … regarde to maintaine peace, and concord one with another, in ſuch ſort, as all vnkindnesunkindness and hatred being laid aſide, we muſt pray from our hearts, euen for our …
    With rule
    … regarde to maintaine peace, and concord one with another, in ſuch ſort, as all vnkindnesunkindness and hatred being laid aſide, we muſt pray from our hearts, euen for our …

    Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … so long away that his absence pinched Qu. Maries hart, and killed hir with vnkindnesunkindness. But in deed I feare not this inconuenient for his being chosen king any …
    With rule
    … so long away that his absence pinched Qu. Maries hart, and killed hir with vnkindnesunkindness. But in deed I feare not this inconuenient for his being chosen king any …

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Or one vnkindnesunkindness, fained,
    With rule
    Or one vnkindnesunkindness, fained,

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

  5. Printed
    … as, the malice of Cain, the hatred of Esa…, the villany of Ioab, the vnkindnesunkindness of Hanun the trechery of Iudas, the cruelty of Iezabel, the sicknes of Achab …
    With rule
    … as, the malice of Cain, the hatred of Esa…, the villany of Ioab, the vnkindnesunkindness of Hanun the trechery of Iudas, the cruelty of Iezabel, the sicknes of Achab …

    William Burton · A Sermon Preached 21 December 1589 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … haue receiued both life and liuing and alſo to fly that menſtrous ſinne of vnkindnesunkindness: then the which no ſinne can be greater, for within it, is comprehended euery …
    With rule
    … haue receiued both life and liuing and alſo to fly that menſtrous ſinne of vnkindnesunkindness: then the which no ſinne can be greater, for within it, is comprehended euery …

    John Carpenter · King Solomons Solace · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … loue: and this courſe is altogether contrarie to loue, and a meanes to ingender vnkindnesunkindness and hatred. Hee requireth that iuſtice and equitie ſhould moderate theſe affaites, and that …
    With rule
    … loue: and this courſe is altogether contrarie to loue, and a meanes to ingender vnkindnesunkindness and hatred. Hee requireth that iuſtice and equitie ſhould moderate theſe affaites, and that …

    John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 11-12 · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    If not, boldly reuenge my rash vnkindnesunkindness.
    With rule
    If not, boldly reuenge my rash vnkindnesunkindness.

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.