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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8743 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

leuielevi

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

Puritas changed it
125 times in 38 works
Consistency
74.8% (125 of 167)
Reach if approved
~175 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: levy
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
167 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (125 changes in 38 works, 74.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 125)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … any slaunder. And therefore the thinges which hee speaketh now of the tribe of LeuieLevi, are not spoken in respect of his owne auncetrie: for (as we see) he …
    With rule
    … any slaunder. And therefore the thinges which hee speaketh now of the tribe of LeuieLevi, are not spoken in respect of his owne auncetrie: for (as we see) he …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1198 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    So did Iacob in Geneſis: when his ſonnes Simeon and LeuieLevi had committed that cruell fact and he was therefore made odious in the ſight …
    With rule
    So did Iacob in Geneſis: when his ſonnes Simeon and LeuieLevi had committed that cruell fact and he was therefore made odious in the ſight …

    John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … interprete ye prophet Esay, and notwtstā ding hee was neither of the tribe of LeuieLevi, whiche were Priestes, but of the royal tribe of Iuda, neither had taken any …
    With rule
    … interprete ye prophet Esay, and notwtstā ding hee was neither of the tribe of LeuieLevi, whiche were Priestes, but of the royal tribe of Iuda, neither had taken any …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1979 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Prieſtes and Leuites, and willinger to obey his wil then the ſonnes of LeuieLevi) that theſe mens hartes (I ſaye) ſeinge now how they haue heretofore of ignoraunce …
    With rule
    … the Prieſtes and Leuites, and willinger to obey his wil then the ſonnes of LeuieLevi) that theſe mens hartes (I ſaye) ſeinge now how they haue heretofore of ignoraunce …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Use and Abuse of Dancing · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Line onely were the Priestes, but the Leuites were generallie of the Tribe of LeuieLevi, though not of Aarons lyne. But to let this paſſe: We would knowe of …
    With rule
    … Line onely were the Priestes, but the Leuites were generallie of the Tribe of LeuieLevi, though not of Aarons lyne. But to let this paſſe: We would knowe of …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … till Leuites were choſen. Vnder the law; the Lord himſelfe ſelected the Tribe of LeuieLevi, to take the charge of the congregation, which power was theirs, not receiued from …
    With rule
    … till Leuites were choſen. Vnder the law; the Lord himſelfe ſelected the Tribe of LeuieLevi, to take the charge of the congregation, which power was theirs, not receiued from …

    Richard Bernard · Christian Advertisements and Counsels of Peace · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … eſcaped that danger, then his daughter Dinah was rauiſhed, and his ſonnes Simeon and LeuieLevi ſlew the Shechemites, and brought him into great danger there; when he went from …
    With rule
    … eſcaped that danger, then his daughter Dinah was rauiſhed, and his ſonnes Simeon and LeuieLevi ſlew the Shechemites, and brought him into great danger there; when he went from …

    Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 702 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … euer, after ye new order of Melchiſedech, without ye ſucceſſion of the order of LeuieLevi, & yet the church y• was gathered by them, is acknowledged of al men to …
    With rule
    … euer, after ye new order of Melchiſedech, without ye ſucceſſion of the order of LeuieLevi, & yet the church y• was gathered by them, is acknowledged of al men to …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 828 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (42)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 39 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    … is he (though he were the rankest Uarlet in the world) that myght not leuielevi men of that pryce, considering the corruption that is in mankynd? Hee reigned as …
    With rule
    … is he (though he were the rankest Uarlet in the world) that myght not leuielevi men of that pryce, considering the corruption that is in mankynd? Hee reigned as …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 623 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

  • Printed
    … ende / then is falſe owt: we ſhould haue had to thāke yow for this leuielevi of miniſters / vvhich the vniuerſity hathe bred / as that which ſtrēgtheneth the fewnes off …
    With rule
    … ende / then is falſe owt: we ſhould haue had to thāke yow for this leuielevi of miniſters / vvhich the vniuerſity hathe bred / as that which ſtrēgtheneth the fewnes off …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CLII · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … this controuerſie / and that we may be better furniſhed of weapons / againſte this greate leuielevi off pretended autorities; two queſtions ſeeme neceſſarie to be decided / before we come vnto …
    With rule
    … this controuerſie / and that we may be better furniſhed of weapons / againſte this greate leuielevi off pretended autorities; two queſtions ſeeme neceſſarie to be decided / before we come vnto …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. DXIIII · Open in the reader