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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8826 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

spottesspots

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

Puritas changed it
234 times in 104 works
Consistency
96.3% (234 of 243)
Reach if approved
~255 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: spots
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
243 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (234 changes in 104 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 234)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of ſinne, it muſt néedes followe that there is no Church frée from all ſpottesspots, for if all the partes and members be defyled, the whole can not be …
    With rule
    … of ſinne, it muſt néedes followe that there is no Church frée from all ſpottesspots, for if all the partes and members be defyled, the whole can not be …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of them are now ashamed of their owne countrey, defiled with two most filthy spottesspots, falsehode and crueltie, of the which, whether hath bene the greater, it is hard …
    With rule
    … of them are now ashamed of their owne countrey, defiled with two most filthy spottesspots, falsehode and crueltie, of the which, whether hath bene the greater, it is hard …

    François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. V · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the man of Inde chaunge hys skynne? and the catte of the mountayne her spottesspots? Nether cā ye of your selues cease to be y• ye are, nor yet …
    With rule
    … the man of Inde chaunge hys skynne? and the catte of the mountayne her spottesspots? Nether cā ye of your selues cease to be y• ye are, nor yet …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … be in the body, vnleſſe we be members: For if wee be wennes and ſpottesspots, we muſt be purged and ſcowred off: not enough to be in Gods floore …
    With rule
    … be in the body, vnleſſe we be members: For if wee be wennes and ſpottesspots, we muſt be purged and ſcowred off: not enough to be in Gods floore …

    Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 261 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … And if a man could but ſee into their hearts, and ſee the filthy ſpottesspots of ſinne, he would euen ſtop his noſe, and not indure the ſtench of …
    With rule
    … And if a man could but ſee into their hearts, and ſee the filthy ſpottesspots of ſinne, he would euen ſtop his noſe, and not indure the ſtench of …

    Samuel Smith · Davids Repentance · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to be sisters by the likenesse of their faces, although the one have some spottesspots or blemishes which the other hath not: so a third may bee brought in …
    With rule
    … to be sisters by the likenesse of their faces, although the one have some spottesspots or blemishes which the other hath not: so a third may bee brought in …

    James Ussher · Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    So S. Peter saith, they count it pleasure to liue deliciously for a season, spottesspots they are and blottes, in feasting with you, &c. 1. Pet. 2. 13. Of such also S …
    With rule
    So S. Peter saith, they count it pleasure to liue deliciously for a season, spottesspots they are and blottes, in feasting with you, &c. 1. Pet. 2. 13. Of such also S …

    Andrew Willet · A Catholicon · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … then is this of oures imputed for ſanctification, although in the meane while the ſpottesspots of ſinne remaining in vs doe defile it, and that we do put no …
    With rule
    … then is this of oures imputed for ſanctification, although in the meane while the ſpottesspots of ſinne remaining in vs doe defile it, and that we do put no …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 464 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

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

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

  • Printed
    SpottesSpots thei are, and blottes,
    With rule
    SpottesSpots thei are, and blottes,

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … price and higheſt eſtimation. But S. Peter here in plaine tearmes calleth them foule SpottesSpots, filthie Blottes and opprobrious Staines. For a true and ſincere Chriſtian life conſiſteth wholly …
    With rule
    … price and higheſt eſtimation. But S. Peter here in plaine tearmes calleth them foule SpottesSpots, filthie Blottes and opprobrious Staines. For a true and ſincere Chriſtian life conſiſteth wholly …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … as for Faithe, thei knowe thereof nothing at all. They are therefore nothyng but SpottesSpots and Blottes, of whom the Churche hath iuſt cauſe to bée aſhamed: becauſe for …
    With rule
    … as for Faithe, thei knowe thereof nothing at all. They are therefore nothyng but SpottesSpots and Blottes, of whom the Churche hath iuſt cauſe to bée aſhamed: becauſe for …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Theſe are SpottesSpots in your feaſtes of Charitie whē thei feaſt with you, without all feare, feedyng …
    With rule
    Theſe are SpottesSpots in your feaſtes of Charitie whē thei feaſt with you, without all feare, feedyng …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

  • Printed
    SpottesSpots.
    With rule
    SpottesSpots.

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 136 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    … whome onely they were bound to glorify. But by the way by this worde SpottesSpots or vncleanes, Moses meant all the wicked lustes which caused the people to ouershoote …
    With rule
    … whome onely they were bound to glorify. But by the way by this worde SpottesSpots or vncleanes, Moses meant all the wicked lustes which caused the people to ouershoote …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1111 · Open in the reader