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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8845 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

triuialltrivial

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

Puritas changed it
86 times in 58 works
Consistency
97.7% (86 of 88)
Reach if approved
~92 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: trivial
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
88 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (86 changes in 58 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 86)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … bleſſed Apoſtle of the Gentiles, not to be greeued to write theſe ſame (ſeeming triuialltrivial) things vnto you; knowing that euen from theſe things is the experience beſt taken …
    With rule
    … bleſſed Apoſtle of the Gentiles, not to be greeued to write theſe ſame (ſeeming triuialltrivial) things vnto you; knowing that euen from theſe things is the experience beſt taken …

    Samuel Crook · The Guide Unto True Blessedness · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … many thinke they need not sticke to ride vpon the Sabaoth, though for trifling, triuialltrivial causes, so they stay an houre by the way to heare a sermon, & doe …
    With rule
    … many thinke they need not sticke to ride vpon the Sabaoth, though for trifling, triuialltrivial causes, so they stay an houre by the way to heare a sermon, & doe …

    Daniel Dyke · The Mystery of Self-Deceiving · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … him praise of both in his ordinary works: so those things which are but triuialltrivial to the most ignorant, shall be wonders to me; and that not for nine …
    With rule
    … him praise of both in his ordinary works: so those things which are but triuialltrivial to the most ignorant, shall be wonders to me; and that not for nine …

    Joseph Hall · Meditations and Vows Divine and Moral · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    You muſt take notice, that howſoeuer, they had fained ſome triuialltrivial articles againſt mee; they were all by the generall conſent of the Court thought …
    With rule
    You muſt take notice, that howſoeuer, they had fained ſome triuialltrivial articles againſt mee; they were all by the generall conſent of the Court thought …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the world, the frailty of the fleſh, and the feare of death, is neyther triuialltrivial nor vnprofitable: the maner of handling, furniſhed with ſentences of holy Scripture, fraught with …
    With rule
    … the world, the frailty of the fleſh, and the feare of death, is neyther triuialltrivial nor vnprofitable: the maner of handling, furniſhed with ſentences of holy Scripture, fraught with …

    Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of sinne, and Gods dispeasure for it, he findes them inclinable enough vpon euery triuialltrivial temptation to despaire; and so makes a wide breach by their improuidence, watching narrowly …
    With rule
    … of sinne, and Gods dispeasure for it, he findes them inclinable enough vpon euery triuialltrivial temptation to despaire; and so makes a wide breach by their improuidence, watching narrowly …

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the trueth. Thirdly, that the matter be of waight and importance, not slight and triuialltrivial. Fourthly, that there be such necessity, that without it we cannot be beleeued, it …
    With rule
    … the trueth. Thirdly, that the matter be of waight and importance, not slight and triuialltrivial. Fourthly, that there be such necessity, that without it we cannot be beleeued, it …

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and wilt thou not obſerue thy owne time, obſeruing ſo in theſe tranſitory and triuialltrivial things, which if thou let careleſty paſſe may neuer be graunted vnto thée againe …
    With rule
    … and wilt thou not obſerue thy owne time, obſeruing ſo in theſe tranſitory and triuialltrivial things, which if thou let careleſty paſſe may neuer be graunted vnto thée againe …

    William Crashaw · The Ambassador Between Heaven and Earth · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Opening of the Ten Commandments A15011

  • Printed
    1. TriuiallTrivial, or
    With rule
    1. TriuiallTrivial, or

    William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    1. TriuiallTrivial and ſportfull, which God will not haue put to him to end, for it …
    With rule
    1. TriuiallTrivial and ſportfull, which God will not haue put to him to end, for it …

    William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 74 · Open in the reader