Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8573 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

uncleanesseuncleanness

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

Puritas changed it: 204 times in 96 works
Consistency: 99.0% (204 of 206)
Reach if approved: ~216 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: uncleanness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 206 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (204 changes in 96 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 204)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… done to God that is accompanied with dejections and ſorrow, hath a kinde of uncleaneſſeuncleanness in it, as we have a notable expreſſion, Hoſ. 9.4. Their Sacrifices ſhall be unto …
With rule
… done to God that is accompanied with dejections and ſorrow, hath a kinde of uncleaneſſeuncleanness in it, as we have a notable expreſſion, Hoſ. 9.4. Their Sacrifices ſhall be unto …
Anthony Burgess · One-Hundred Forty-Five Sermons Upon John 17 · p. 412 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his garment touch an uncleane thing he hath the marke or impreſſion of that uncleaneſſeuncleanness upon his hand or upon his garment; and this likeneſſe to an unclean thing …
With rule
… his garment touch an uncleane thing he hath the marke or impreſſion of that uncleaneſſeuncleanness upon his hand or upon his garment; and this likeneſſe to an unclean thing …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 470 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Did not Phinehas out of zeale kill Zimri and Cosbi in the act of uncleaneſſeuncleanness? and is he not commended and rewarded for ſo doing?
With rule
… Did not Phinehas out of zeale kill Zimri and Cosbi in the act of uncleaneſſeuncleanness? and is he not commended and rewarded for ſo doing?
Thomas Hodges · A Scripture Catechism · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
Vers. 3. But fornication and all uncleanesseuncleanness, or covetousnesse, let it not be once named amongst you as becommeth Saints] Fornication …
With rule
Vers. 3. But fornication and all uncleanesseuncleanness, or covetousnesse, let it not be once named amongst you as becommeth Saints] Fornication …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
… world, Gal. 6.14. To abstaine from fleshly lusts, that warre against the soule, from fornication, uncleanesseuncleanness, inordinate affection, evill concupiscence, and such sinnes, for which the wrath of God commeth …
With rule
… world, Gal. 6.14. To abstaine from fleshly lusts, that warre against the soule, from fornication, uncleanesseuncleanness, inordinate affection, evill concupiscence, and such sinnes, for which the wrath of God commeth …
Samuel Rutherford · Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, and exalting himſelf above all that is called God. This birth of ſpiritual uncleaneſſeuncleanness he therefore endeavours by all wayes and means to propagate in oppoſition to the …
With rule
… God, and exalting himſelf above all that is called God. This birth of ſpiritual uncleaneſſeuncleanness he therefore endeavours by all wayes and means to propagate in oppoſition to the …
Henry Vane · The Retired Mans Meditations · p. 313 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and compassion in God; and that spring is set open for sinne and for uncleanesseuncleanness, to wash and purge thee from the same, so that still (I say) if …
With rule
… and compassion in God; and that spring is set open for sinne and for uncleanesseuncleanness, to wash and purge thee from the same, so that still (I say) if …
John Preston · Mount Ebal · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sam. 16. 23. They so wound their consciences with oathes, intentionall murthers, rapes, and other actuall uncleanesseuncleanness, and so exceedingly provoke God, that they are, even in this life, rewarded with …
With rule
… Sam. 16. 23. They so wound their consciences with oathes, intentionall murthers, rapes, and other actuall uncleanesseuncleanness, and so exceedingly provoke God, that they are, even in this life, rewarded with …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 259 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

One-Hundred Forty-Five Sermons Upon John 17 A30241

Printed
… ſins thou haſt committed, as David with the loſſe of his Childe for his UncleaneſſeUncleanness; In ſuch caſes it is our duty to be humbled and to mourn under …
With rule
… ſins thou haſt committed, as David with the loſſe of his Childe for his UncleaneſſeUncleanness; In ſuch caſes it is our duty to be humbled and to mourn under …
Anthony Burgess · One-Hundred Forty-Five Sermons Upon John 17 · p. 414 · Open in the reader