Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8874 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnmercifulnesseunmercifulness

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

Puritas changed it: 143 times in 84 works
Consistency: 100% (143 of 143)
Reach if approved: ~150 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unmercifulness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 143 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (143 changes in 84 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 143)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… this diſpoſition. The ſinnes of Sodome were Pride, fulneſſe of Bread, abundance of Idleneſſe, vnmercifulneſſeunmercifulness to the Poore. No maruell, if they grew ſuch Monſters in Luſt, hauing all …
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… this diſpoſition. The ſinnes of Sodome were Pride, fulneſſe of Bread, abundance of Idleneſſe, vnmercifulneſſeunmercifulness to the Poore. No maruell, if they grew ſuch Monſters in Luſt, hauing all …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 478 · Open in the reader
Printed
… worſe then the bondage of the Turkes, the crueltie of a Lyon, or the vnmercifulneſſeunmercifulness of fire, or water: for theſe faſten onely on the body, and but for …
With rule
… worſe then the bondage of the Turkes, the crueltie of a Lyon, or the vnmercifulneſſeunmercifulness of fire, or water: for theſe faſten onely on the body, and but for …
Willem Teellinck · Pauls Complaint Against his Natural Corruption · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and deceit (ſaith Petrarke, who liued in Rome perhaps, ſecretary to the Pope) whatſoeuer vnmercifulneſſeunmercifulness and pride, whatſoeuer impietie and leudneſſe of behauiour the world hath, or hath had …
With rule
… and deceit (ſaith Petrarke, who liued in Rome perhaps, ſecretary to the Pope) whatſoeuer vnmercifulneſſeunmercifulness and pride, whatſoeuer impietie and leudneſſe of behauiour the world hath, or hath had …
Anthony Wotton · A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church · p. 345 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whole dutie: againſt the which is oppoſed a word which ſignifieth diſtraction, cruelie, vncharitableneſſe, vnmercifulneſſeunmercifulness, oppreſſion, ſpoyling, and the effects of malice. As it is ſaide of the olde …
With rule
… whole dutie: againſt the which is oppoſed a word which ſignifieth diſtraction, cruelie, vncharitableneſſe, vnmercifulneſſeunmercifulness, oppreſſion, ſpoyling, and the effects of malice. As it is ſaide of the olde …
John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly, the vnmercifulnesseunmercifulness and currish dealing of this great bankrupt dettor with his fellow seruant, a small …
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Secondly, the vnmercifulnesseunmercifulness and currish dealing of this great bankrupt dettor with his fellow seruant, a small …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 268 · Open in the reader
Printed
THe Sier of such vnmercifulnesseunmercifulness is the diuell: which if it bee so, good Lord how many legions of …
With rule
THe Sier of such vnmercifulnesseunmercifulness is the diuell: which if it bee so, good Lord how many legions of …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 837 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can I lie ſleeping in ſecuritie, ignoraunce of God, and his worde, malice and vnmercifulneſſeunmercifulness: being ſworne enemies to his kingdome, that hath thus aduaunced me? You ſee by …
With rule
… can I lie ſleeping in ſecuritie, ignoraunce of God, and his worde, malice and vnmercifulneſſeunmercifulness: being ſworne enemies to his kingdome, that hath thus aduaunced me? You ſee by …
John Knewstubs · Sermon Preached 1579 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sedition, Wrangling, Fraud, Deceit, Malignitie, Deſpight, Vnnaturalneſſe, Implacableneſſe, Vnthankfulneſſe, Fierceneſſe, Highmindedneſſe, Selfeloue, Makebate, and VnmercifulneſſeUnmercifulness. The beſt that hee brings in (my Lord) are Coſtleſſe complement, Faire-Speech, How …
With rule
… Sedition, Wrangling, Fraud, Deceit, Malignitie, Deſpight, Vnnaturalneſſe, Implacableneſſe, Vnthankfulneſſe, Fierceneſſe, Highmindedneſſe, Selfeloue, Makebate, and VnmercifulneſſeUnmercifulness. The beſt that hee brings in (my Lord) are Coſtleſſe complement, Faire-Speech, How …
Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 202 · Open in the reader

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None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.