Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8456 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

avoydeavoid

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

Puritas changed it: 203 times in 98 works
Consistency: 98.0% (203 of 207)
Reach if approved: ~217 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: avoid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 207 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (203 changes in 98 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 203)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… essence or substance of God to pierce all thinges; how, I say, can you avoydeavoid the maynteyninge of Gods essence to be changeable from place to place, (upon supposition …
With rule
… essence or substance of God to pierce all thinges; how, I say, can you avoydeavoid the maynteyninge of Gods essence to be changeable from place to place, (upon supposition …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their ſperes to ſyethes. For Chriſten mē kepe peace with al men, and vtterly avoydeavoid al fyghthing, for ſo do they to other as they would be done to …
With rule
… their ſperes to ſyethes. For Chriſten mē kepe peace with al men, and vtterly avoydeavoid al fyghthing, for ſo do they to other as they would be done to …
Henrich Bullinger · Sermon Concerning Magistrates · Open in the reader
Printed
… be accounted little, as Rom. 6. the wages of (all) ſinne is death. Secondly, to avoydeavoid all occaſions and allurements that may draw and entiſe us to ſinne, as we …
With rule
… be accounted little, as Rom. 6. the wages of (all) ſinne is death. Secondly, to avoydeavoid all occaſions and allurements that may draw and entiſe us to ſinne, as we …
William Attersoll · Conversion of Nineveh, Gods Trumpet, Physic Against Famine · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… who committing deadly sinnes did run to baptisme, as Vipers to the water to avoydeavoid the danger of death.
With rule
… who committing deadly sinnes did run to baptisme, as Vipers to the water to avoydeavoid the danger of death.
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God; of that gooneſſe of God we are to ſpeake now; and therefore to avoydeavoid all diſtinction according to our order, the queſtion is this:
With rule
… God; of that gooneſſe of God we are to ſpeake now; and therefore to avoydeavoid all diſtinction according to our order, the queſtion is this:
Richard Stock · A Stock of Divine Knowledge · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue them vnderstood of the common Cuppe, before the institution of the Sacrament, to avoydeavoid the force of this Testimonie agaynst Transsubstantiation.
With rule
… haue them vnderstood of the common Cuppe, before the institution of the Sacrament, to avoydeavoid the force of this Testimonie agaynst Transsubstantiation.
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such a point of Diuinitie, advise me how shall I get such a grace, avoydeavoid such a sinne; such a temptation; what were I best to doe in such …
With rule
… such a point of Diuinitie, advise me how shall I get such a grace, avoydeavoid such a sinne; such a temptation; what were I best to doe in such …
William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Duties if it fall within their Calling, as if they had none. Let them avoydeavoid distracting Cares, and worldly Incumbrances; as if they had none. Let them not pretend …
With rule
… Duties if it fall within their Calling, as if they had none. Let them avoydeavoid distracting Cares, and worldly Incumbrances; as if they had none. Let them not pretend …
Richard Sibbes · The Spiritual Mans Aim · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
… corrupt in hart, and deſtitute of the trueth, whiche ſuppoſe gayne to bee godlineſſe. AvoydeAvoid the companie of ſuch.
With rule
… corrupt in hart, and deſtitute of the trueth, whiche ſuppoſe gayne to bee godlineſſe. AvoydeAvoid the companie of ſuch.
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 1116 · Open in the reader

Christs Commination Against Scandalizers A62865

Printed
3. AvoydeAvoid the company of evill men as much as thou maist. Make no friendship with …
With rule
3. AvoydeAvoid the company of evill men as much as thou maist. Make no friendship with …
John Tombes · Christs Commination Against Scandalizers · p. 141 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Scandalizing A62878

Printed
3. AvoydeAvoid the company of evill men as much as thou maist. Make no friendship with …
With rule
3. AvoydeAvoid the company of evill men as much as thou maist. Make no friendship with …
John Tombes · A Treatise of Scandalizing · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Answer to Thomas More B16147

Printed
… behaue thy selfe in the howsse of god which is y^• church or congregacion AvoydeAvoid lustes of youth / beware of vngodly fables and old wiues tales / & auoyde the companye …
With rule
… behaue thy selfe in the howsse of god which is y^• church or congregacion AvoydeAvoid lustes of youth / beware of vngodly fables and old wiues tales / & auoyde the companye …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. ix · Open in the reader