Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8876 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness

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

Puritas changed it: 111 times in 54 works
Consistency: 93.2% (111 of 119)
Reach if approved: ~125 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unprofitableness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 119 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (111 changes in 54 works, 93.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 111)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is verily a diſ-anulling of the commandement going before, for the weakneſſe and vnprofitableneſſeunprofitableness thereof.
With rule
… is verily a diſ-anulling of the commandement going before, for the weakneſſe and vnprofitableneſſeunprofitableness thereof.
Thomas Cartwright · A Treatise of Christian Religion · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… done by Attourney. Hee forestalls perswasion inducing him to any worke, by forecasting the vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness: he holds businesse mans cruellest enemie, and a monstrous deuourer of time. His body …
With rule
… done by Attourney. Hee forestalls perswasion inducing him to any worke, by forecasting the vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness: he holds businesse mans cruellest enemie, and a monstrous deuourer of time. His body …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which respecteth not the filthinesse, the other by Obstinacie, which will not consider the vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness. Secondly, in respect of Gods gifts he withdraweth men from sinne, sometimes by the …
With rule
… which respecteth not the filthinesse, the other by Obstinacie, which will not consider the vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness. Secondly, in respect of Gods gifts he withdraweth men from sinne, sometimes by the …
Thomas Bedford · The Sin Unto Death · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be spent in rouing and rangeing thoughts, but must be redeemed from euill, and vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness: and therefore choice must be made of obiects presented, and as little time as …
With rule
… be spent in rouing and rangeing thoughts, but must be redeemed from euill, and vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness: and therefore choice must be made of obiects presented, and as little time as …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of leading a holy life; the reasons bee three. The first is from the vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness, or danger if we doe liue after the flesh, then wee shall dye. Secondly …
With rule
… of leading a holy life; the reasons bee three. The first is from the vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness, or danger if we doe liue after the flesh, then wee shall dye. Secondly …
Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 541 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and growing dayly to more and more abuses, our Church not onely for their vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness, but because of their much blinding of the people, and obscuring Gods glory, hath …
With rule
… and growing dayly to more and more abuses, our Church not onely for their vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness, but because of their much blinding of the people, and obscuring Gods glory, hath …
Henry Burton · A Trial of Private Devotions · Open in the reader
Printed
… old testament, that it was disanulled and taken away, bycause of the feblenesse and vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness therof, for it brought nothyng to perfection. And the preestes of that lawe were …
With rule
… old testament, that it was disanulled and taken away, bycause of the feblenesse and vnprofitablenesseunprofitableness therof, for it brought nothyng to perfection. And the preestes of that lawe were …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods wrath, and therefore out of the greatneſſe of his wrath againſt mens great vnprofitableneſſeunprofitableness, God diſpoſes it, that where the greateſt meanes of grace are neglected and contemned …
With rule
… Gods wrath, and therefore out of the greatneſſe of his wrath againſt mens great vnprofitableneſſeunprofitableness, God diſpoſes it, that where the greateſt meanes of grace are neglected and contemned …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Mischief and Misery of Scandals · p. 75 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

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

Twenty-Nine Lectures A10399

Printed
… Why doe not wee, heere preſent, alſo wallow in Prophaneneſſe, Idleneſſe, Deadneſſe, Vnconſcionableneſſe, Vngodlyneſſe, VnprofitableneſſeUnprofitableness, as the moſt in the land doe beſides? Surely there is no reaſon for …
With rule
… Why doe not wee, heere preſent, alſo wallow in Prophaneneſſe, Idleneſſe, Deadneſſe, Vnconſcionableneſſe, Vngodlyneſſe, VnprofitableneſſeUnprofitableness, as the moſt in the land doe beſides? Surely there is no reaſon for …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Seven Treatises A10945

Printed
VnprofitableneſſeUnprofitableness.
With rule
VnprofitableneſſeUnprofitableness.
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · Open in the reader