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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8889 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnwillingnesseunwillingness

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

Puritas changed it
135 times in 80 works
Consistency
93.7% (135 of 144)
Reach if approved
~151 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unwillingness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
144 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (135 changes in 80 works, 93.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 135)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … hadſt no heart, either to ſeeke him, or be found of him. With what vnwillingneſſeunwillingness didſt thou come vnto his houſe? how wert thou drawne thither like a Beare …
    With rule
    … hadſt no heart, either to ſeeke him, or be found of him. With what vnwillingneſſeunwillingness didſt thou come vnto his houſe? how wert thou drawne thither like a Beare …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 302 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … amongeſt vs, oure ſlowneſſe in prayer, oure ſlackeneſſe in the déedes of Charitie, oure vnwillingneſſeunwillingness to laboure for the edifying one of an other, our wearineſſe in hearing the …
    With rule
    … amongeſt vs, oure ſlowneſſe in prayer, oure ſlackeneſſe in the déedes of Charitie, oure vnwillingneſſeunwillingness to laboure for the edifying one of an other, our wearineſſe in hearing the …

    John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 169 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    2. With profeſſion of our vnwillingneſſeunwillingness to doe it, when the occaſion is ſo vrgent (as in Iobs caſe) that …
    With rule
    2. With profeſſion of our vnwillingneſſeunwillingness to doe it, when the occaſion is ſo vrgent (as in Iobs caſe) that …

    William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 228 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … weakeneſſe, or of the weightineſſe of ſo great a taske, and with much more vnwillingneſſeunwillingness was I ouercome to commit it to the preſſe, for my reſolution was that …
    With rule
    … weakeneſſe, or of the weightineſſe of ſo great a taske, and with much more vnwillingneſſeunwillingness was I ouercome to commit it to the preſſe, for my reſolution was that …

    Immanuel Bourne · The Rainbow · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … gifts, or pluralitie of places, or distraction of businesse, or for very idlenesse, or vnwillingnesseunwillingness to take paines. Woe vnto them, for as they prouide euill for peoples soules …
    With rule
    … gifts, or pluralitie of places, or distraction of businesse, or for very idlenesse, or vnwillingnesseunwillingness to take paines. Woe vnto them, for as they prouide euill for peoples soules …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 178 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … carried with an holy violence, but they were not compelled; the holy Spirit finding vnwillingneſſeunwillingness in theſe men of God, he ſubdued that vnwillingnes, and of vnwilling made them …
    With rule
    … carried with an holy violence, but they were not compelled; the holy Spirit finding vnwillingneſſeunwillingness in theſe men of God, he ſubdued that vnwillingnes, and of vnwilling made them …

    Stephen Denison · Exposition on 2 Peter 1 · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … my body, greatneſſe of imploiment, in a place vndertaken with as much feare and vnwillingneſſeunwillingness, as it is vndergone with paine and heauineſſe, doe well know that my reading …
    With rule
    … my body, greatneſſe of imploiment, in a place vndertaken with as much feare and vnwillingneſſeunwillingness, as it is vndergone with paine and heauineſſe, doe well know that my reading …

    Robert Harris · Absoloms Funeral · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … high Altar to the diuine maieſtie; for it implieth in him either inability, or vnwillingneſſeunwillingness to preſent himſelfe: to ſay he is vnable, is to deny him to be …
    With rule
    … high Altar to the diuine maieſtie; for it implieth in him either inability, or vnwillingneſſeunwillingness to preſent himſelfe: to ſay he is vnable, is to deny him to be …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 260 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper A20536

  • Printed
    5 VnwillingneſſeUnwillingness vnto good things, principally to the beſt: readineſſe vnto, and wilfullneſſe in euill, eſpecially …
    With rule
    5 VnwillingneſſeUnwillingness vnto good things, principally to the beſt: readineſſe vnto, and wilfullneſſe in euill, eſpecially …

    John Dod · Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper · p. 3 · Open in the reader