Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8844 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

trimmetrim

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

Puritas changed it: 166 times in 129 works
Consistency: 97.0% (166 of 171)
Reach if approved: ~180 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: trim
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 171 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (166 changes in 129 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 166)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Chriſte requireth no ſuche thyng at thy handemaie, he is highly offended, if thou trimmetrim thy ſelf to the intent to pleaſe the eyes of other men, or becauſe …
With rule
… Chriſte requireth no ſuche thyng at thy handemaie, he is highly offended, if thou trimmetrim thy ſelf to the intent to pleaſe the eyes of other men, or becauſe …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the horne of lasting oyle of true and liuely faith, that might furnish and trimmetrim that lampe both in life & death. But let vs in the feare of God …
With rule
… the horne of lasting oyle of true and liuely faith, that might furnish and trimmetrim that lampe both in life & death. But let vs in the feare of God …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 811 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue thē in a readines to be vſed: Euen as women doe not onely trimmetrim and dreſſe their houſes with flowers, but they haue alſo their gardens be ſet …
With rule
… haue thē in a readines to be vſed: Euen as women doe not onely trimmetrim and dreſſe their houſes with flowers, but they haue alſo their gardens be ſet …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
… starching houses made of purpose, to that vse and end only, the better to trimmetrim and dresse their ruffes to please the diuels eies withall.
With rule
… starching houses made of purpose, to that vse and end only, the better to trimmetrim and dresse their ruffes to please the diuels eies withall.
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his place will beare, and a little more too; and when he muſt have trimmetrim cloathes, though he goe in debt for them, when he muſt be fine though …
With rule
… his place will beare, and a little more too; and when he muſt have trimmetrim cloathes, though he goe in debt for them, when he muſt be fine though …
William Whately · Prototypes · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the bridegroome, to wooe his ſpouſe; or as one of his eunuches to trimmetrim her for himſelfe: neither euer did I intend to intreat for welcome by flatterie …
With rule
… of the bridegroome, to wooe his ſpouſe; or as one of his eunuches to trimmetrim her for himſelfe: neither euer did I intend to intreat for welcome by flatterie …
John Yates · Gods Arraignment of Hypocrites · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lives of the Saints, as they are set downe by the foreinamed Authours. Such trimmetrim men are your miracle-workers, and therefore your miracles must needes also be of …
With rule
… Lives of the Saints, as they are set downe by the foreinamed Authours. Such trimmetrim men are your miracle-workers, and therefore your miracles must needes also be of …
Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 258 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Astronomie doe behold a great deale more. All men do see a glorious trimmetrim worke, but yet a far off. Whereas the Astronomers are after a sort caried …
With rule
… of Astronomie doe behold a great deale more. All men do see a glorious trimmetrim worke, but yet a far off. Whereas the Astronomers are after a sort caried …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · 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.