Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8709 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

grauellgravel

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

Puritas changed it: 111 times in 83 works
Consistency: 95.6% (111 of 116)
Reach if approved: ~122 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gravel
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 116 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (111 changes in 83 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 111)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as for all other things, they are but death and famiſhment, as ſtones and grauellgravel are to the body.
With rule
… as for all other things, they are but death and famiſhment, as ſtones and grauellgravel are to the body.
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the same: If his heart and minde be not …opt and choked with the grauellgravel of this vile earth and worldly affaires. Dauid saieth, Psal. 87.7. God will in numbring …
With rule
… the same: If his heart and minde be not …opt and choked with the grauellgravel of this vile earth and worldly affaires. Dauid saieth, Psal. 87.7. God will in numbring …
Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be cooled; they haue ſpoken wickedly of their oppreſſion, but a ſmall matter will grauellgravel them, and bring them vnto an non plus; they haue preſumed, but ſoone may …
With rule
… be cooled; they haue ſpoken wickedly of their oppreſſion, but a ſmall matter will grauellgravel them, and bring them vnto an non plus; they haue preſumed, but ſoone may …
John Yates · Gods Arraignment of Hypocrites · p. 319 · Open in the reader
Printed
§ balaſe, grauellgravel, wherewith ſhips are poyſed to goe vpright: or weight.
With rule
§ balaſe, grauellgravel, wherewith ſhips are poyſed to goe vpright: or weight.
Robert Cawdrey · Hard English Words Borrowed from Hebrew Greek Latin or French etc · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtarke naught. Man with his fining pot and fornace can neuer turne clay and grauellgravel into ſiluer and gold: but God with his ſpirit and grace can conuert the …
With rule
… ſtarke naught. Man with his fining pot and fornace can neuer turne clay and grauellgravel into ſiluer and gold: but God with his ſpirit and grace can conuert the …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of deceipt is sweete, (saith the wise man,) But the throate is filled with grauellgravel . Reioyce, O young man in thy youth, and let thy heart cheere thee in …
With rule
… of deceipt is sweete, (saith the wise man,) But the throate is filled with grauellgravel . Reioyce, O young man in thy youth, and let thy heart cheere thee in …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both them ſelfes and other / alſo thynkynge them ſelfes well ynoughe & buyldyng vpon the grauellgravel of theyr owne workes without all faythe. And not truſtyng vpon y^e fauour and …
With rule
… both them ſelfes and other / alſo thynkynge them ſelfes well ynoughe & buyldyng vpon the grauellgravel of theyr owne workes without all faythe. And not truſtyng vpon y^e fauour and …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… ordinarily without finding any water. The deserts are of diuers shapes, some couered with grauellgravel, others with sand, both without water: heere and there is a lake, sometime a …
With rule
… ordinarily without finding any water. The deserts are of diuers shapes, some couered with grauellgravel, others with sand, both without water: heere and there is a lake, sometime a …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 535 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.