Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8620 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

writtewrit

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

Puritas changed it: 178 times in 108 works
Consistency: 94.1% (178 of 189)
Reach if approved: ~199 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: written
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 189 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (178 changes in 108 works, 94.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 178)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… keepe euery one, as any one; & no one was vttered by Gods voyce, or writtewrit with his owne finger, more then the other: whence is to be learned, that …
With rule
… keepe euery one, as any one; & no one was vttered by Gods voyce, or writtewrit with his owne finger, more then the other: whence is to be learned, that …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 439 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of anie open opposition; or, if, of open profession, yet not of publishing in writtewrit: or, if of this, yet not of preserving any recorde thereof to the posteritie.
With rule
… of anie open opposition; or, if, of open profession, yet not of publishing in writtewrit: or, if of this, yet not of preserving any recorde thereof to the posteritie.
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… argument is of the same fashion, what Communion hath Light with darknesse? The holy writtewrit calls all sinnes. Opera tencbrarum, the workes of darknesse. Because,
With rule
… argument is of the same fashion, what Communion hath Light with darknesse? The holy writtewrit calls all sinnes. Opera tencbrarum, the workes of darknesse. Because,
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… We read not (saith Zanchie) of more degrees, or orders of Ministers in holy writtewrit, than the Apostle hath expressed in the 4. of Ephes. V. 11.
With rule
… We read not (saith Zanchie) of more degrees, or orders of Ministers in holy writtewrit, than the Apostle hath expressed in the 4. of Ephes. V. 11.
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 313 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any of his owne life or doctrine written by himself. For soothly had he writtewrit it him selfe, men would haue conceiued some suspition thereof. Againe, had he set …
With rule
… any of his owne life or doctrine written by himself. For soothly had he writtewrit it him selfe, men would haue conceiued some suspition thereof. Againe, had he set …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 628 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the youth in schooles of Theologie. It hath bene also promised, and subscribed in writtewrit, by a greate parte of the Nobilitie, that the poore labourers of the grounde …
With rule
… the youth in schooles of Theologie. It hath bene also promised, and subscribed in writtewrit, by a greate parte of the Nobilitie, that the poore labourers of the grounde …
Robert Pont · Against Sacrilege · Open in the reader
Printed
… to credit euery woord y^t Luther writeth. And sure it is, some thinges he writtewrit extāt in print, before he was well persuaded in many points of soūd doctrine …
With rule
… to credit euery woord y^t Luther writeth. And sure it is, some thinges he writtewrit extāt in print, before he was well persuaded in many points of soūd doctrine …
Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… been carefull to preuent, euen with their owne ruine. Many worthy ſayings haue they writtewrit to this purpoſe, but ſcarce any more diuine, and more deſeruing admiration haue I …
With rule
… been carefull to preuent, euen with their owne ruine. Many worthy ſayings haue they writtewrit to this purpoſe, but ſcarce any more diuine, and more deſeruing admiration haue I …
William Whately · A Care Cloth · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

Printed
… Benefices in Englande: and likewiſe the King ſhoulde no more giue Benefices vppon the WritteWrit Quare impedit, &c. But nothing was touched concerning the fréedomes of elections confirmed by …
With rule
… Benefices in Englande: and likewiſe the King ſhoulde no more giue Benefices vppon the WritteWrit Quare impedit, &c. But nothing was touched concerning the fréedomes of elections confirmed by …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 267 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… of hand to Smith the Maior of the Towne, the Commaundement, commonly called a WritteWrit for the burnyng of Heretikes. For vnlesse hee had the Queenes warrant to saue …
With rule
… of hand to Smith the Maior of the Towne, the Commaundement, commonly called a WritteWrit for the burnyng of Heretikes. For vnlesse hee had the Queenes warrant to saue …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1962 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his perill if he should too much meddle in this matter, made out the WritteWrit and caused the Constables to cary them foorth to Bury Gaole. For now were …
With rule
… his perill if he should too much meddle in this matter, made out the WritteWrit and caused the Constables to cary them foorth to Bury Gaole. For now were …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2045 · Open in the reader