Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8470 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dismaiddismayed

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

Puritas changed it: 254 times in 155 works
Consistency: 99.6% (254 of 255)
Reach if approved: ~268 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dismayed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 255 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (254 changes in 155 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 254)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… where yet he floted a great while, exhorting the lookers on not to be dismaiddismayed with his punishment, and so with much ado, was at last drowned.
With rule
… where yet he floted a great while, exhorting the lookers on not to be dismaiddismayed with his punishment, and so with much ado, was at last drowned.
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… loveth to the end. Have Chriſt for thy friend, and thou needſt not bee diſmaiddismayed at all the hatred of the world.
With rule
… loveth to the end. Have Chriſt for thy friend, and thou needſt not bee diſmaiddismayed at all the hatred of the world.
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
Wherefore we muſt not be diſmaiddismayed to ſee theſe things in Chriſtians, Vſe nor yet to finde them in our …
With rule
Wherefore we muſt not be diſmaiddismayed to ſee theſe things in Chriſtians, Vſe nor yet to finde them in our …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conclude all with that ſaying of Moſes to the Iſralites. When he ſaw them diſmaiddismayed with the ſight of the Aegiptian hoſt, preſſing ſo hard after to deſtroy them …
With rule
… conclude all with that ſaying of Moſes to the Iſralites. When he ſaw them diſmaiddismayed with the ſight of the Aegiptian hoſt, preſſing ſo hard after to deſtroy them …
William Sclater · The Christians Strength · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
With that, dismaiddismayed, his suit he ceast,
With rule
With that, dismaiddismayed, his suit he ceast,
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
… much vpon this point, namely y^t we must not be afraid, nor astonished, nor dismaiddismayed, nor out of heart, nor discouraged, when we see the force & puissaunce of our …
With rule
… much vpon this point, namely y^t we must not be afraid, nor astonished, nor dismaiddismayed, nor out of heart, nor discouraged, when we see the force & puissaunce of our …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 713 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be diſmaiddismayed, if we put our confidence in God, for the hart is neuer diſmaiddismayed till the hope bee gone, and if God bee our hope, then ſo long …
With rule
… be diſmaiddismayed, if we put our confidence in God, for the hart is neuer diſmaiddismayed till the hope bee gone, and if God bee our hope, then ſo long …
John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… himſelfe, vexed with the creditor, terrified with the priſon, oppreſſed with his debt, and diſmaiddismayed and diſcouraged with the paiment at hand, that is to be made? So then …
With rule
… himſelfe, vexed with the creditor, terrified with the priſon, oppreſſed with his debt, and diſmaiddismayed and diſcouraged with the paiment at hand, that is to be made? So then …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 375 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.