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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8936 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whippewhip

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

Puritas changed it
124 times in 91 works
Consistency
93.2% (124 of 133)
Reach if approved
~140 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: whip
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
133 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (124 changes in 91 works, 93.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 124)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … them, as the drunkards did of Dauid, and Ieremie. In scourging them with the whippewhip of the tongue, as the Stoicks called Paul a babbler. Act. 17. 18. and Festus, a …
    With rule
    … them, as the drunkards did of Dauid, and Ieremie. In scourging them with the whippewhip of the tongue, as the Stoicks called Paul a babbler. Act. 17. 18. and Festus, a …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 548 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … with this wickednes, and suffered Nations to rise as a rodde or scourge to whippewhip his people: for where the hedge is broken; there it is easie for the …
    With rule
    … with this wickednes, and suffered Nations to rise as a rodde or scourge to whippewhip his people: for where the hedge is broken; there it is easie for the …

    Henry Smith · Gods Arrow Against Atheists · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … againe, the ſame Ferus writes thus: Who, that he might ſpare his ſeruant; would whippewhip his owne ſonne? But God, that he might ſpare his enemies and them who …
    With rule
    … againe, the ſame Ferus writes thus: Who, that he might ſpare his ſeruant; would whippewhip his owne ſonne? But God, that he might ſpare his enemies and them who …

    Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … hostes, then that those who dishonour him, should be suppressed by iustice. He did whippewhip vs not long since with a rod of pestilent sickenesse: this yeare he threateneth …
    With rule
    … hostes, then that those who dishonour him, should be suppressed by iustice. He did whippewhip vs not long since with a rod of pestilent sickenesse: this yeare he threateneth …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 162 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the Deuill, doe the workes of their Father. The Lord Christ keepe out, or whippewhip out this dotage, yea this doctrine of Deuils, out of his Schoole. Let such …
    With rule
    … the Deuill, doe the workes of their Father. The Lord Christ keepe out, or whippewhip out this dotage, yea this doctrine of Deuils, out of his Schoole. Let such …

    Henry Burton · Truths Triumph Over Trent · p. 326 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Six articles, a whippewhip of ſix ſtrings eadem
    With rule
    Six articles, a whippewhip of ſix ſtrings eadem

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … tempted, Counſell, if diſtracted, ſuccour, if oppreſſed, clothes if naked, eyther worke or a whippewhip, if Idle.
    With rule
    … tempted, Counſell, if diſtracted, ſuccour, if oppreſſed, clothes if naked, eyther worke or a whippewhip, if Idle.

    Robert Harris · Gods Goodness and Mercy Laid Open · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … it. And therefore … prepoſterous courſe doe thoſe … h…te Spirites take, whiche vſe to whippewhip and per…e, yea many tymes to … themſelues with beatyng, thinkyng by that meanes …
    With rule
    … it. And therefore … prepoſterous courſe doe thoſe … h…te Spirites take, whiche vſe to whippewhip and per…e, yea many tymes to … themſelues with beatyng, thinkyng by that meanes …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    … a proofe of Gods prouidence are to be answered with the lasshes of a WhippeWhip: doth giue vs sufficient credit of his opinion.
    With rule
    … a proofe of Gods prouidence are to be answered with the lasshes of a WhippeWhip: doth giue vs sufficient credit of his opinion.

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 215 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    What kinde of Whip it was, which the Iewes vsed to WhippeWhip malefactors withall.
    With rule
    What kinde of Whip it was, which the Iewes vsed to WhippeWhip malefactors withall.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Friar John Francis of France A19668

  • Printed
    … that you haue vſed. Well, I will deſcant no longer vpon your apyſhe whypping. WhippeWhip your ſelfe ſtill euery Fryday from our Ladye day in Lent, till May day …
    With rule
    … that you haue vſed. Well, I will deſcant no longer vpon your apyſhe whypping. WhippeWhip your ſelfe ſtill euery Fryday from our Ladye day in Lent, till May day …

    Robert Crowley · Friar John Francis of France · Open in the reader

The Christian Synagogue B16291

  • Printed
    The forme of the WhippeWhip.
    With rule
    The forme of the WhippeWhip.

    John Weemes · The Christian Synagogue · p. 182 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The WhippeWhip had a handle of a plame long, thorow which was put a thong of …
    With rule
    The WhippeWhip had a handle of a plame long, thorow which was put a thong of …

    John Weemes · The Christian Synagogue · p. 183 · Open in the reader