Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8937 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whittewhit

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

Puritas changed it: 87 times in 48 works
Consistency: 100% (87 of 87)
Reach if approved: ~91 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: whit
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 87 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (87 changes in 48 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 87)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Men then bothe generally and particularly diſſemble and make countenance not to ſee a whittewhit. But God is not negligent in his office. For as well they that haue …
With rule
… Men then bothe generally and particularly diſſemble and make countenance not to ſee a whittewhit. But God is not negligent in his office. For as well they that haue …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 394 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euill cauſe, by thoſe meanes, if hee ſhall vnderſtande that the Iudge lyeth any whittewhit open on that parte. But this infirmitie of man, who oftentimes furthereth his euill …
With rule
… euill cauſe, by thoſe meanes, if hee ſhall vnderſtande that the Iudge lyeth any whittewhit open on that parte. But this infirmitie of man, who oftentimes furthereth his euill …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
And as for riches, besides that they make vs neuer a whittewhit the better, (nay oftentimes much worse) they are also vncerten. Salomon saith, they make …
With rule
And as for riches, besides that they make vs neuer a whittewhit the better, (nay oftentimes much worse) they are also vncerten. Salomon saith, they make …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 626 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or detract any thing from the writtē word of god, or to alter any whittewhit thereof, which whoſoeuer preſumeth to doe, derogateth from the propheticall office of Chriſt: the …
With rule
… or detract any thing from the writtē word of god, or to alter any whittewhit thereof, which whoſoeuer preſumeth to doe, derogateth from the propheticall office of Chriſt: the …
John Smyth · The Bright Morning Star · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſelues. Vpon whiche occaſion Paule ſheweth by preuention, that it made them not a whittewhit better then the Gentiles, when as they liued ſo filthilye. It was a great …
With rule
… ſelues. Vpon whiche occaſion Paule ſheweth by preuention, that it made them not a whittewhit better then the Gentiles, when as they liued ſo filthilye. It was a great …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diſſention about this doctrine, ſome wilfully cauellyng at the propoſed truth, and other no whittewhit the leſſe mayntayning and defending the ſame. In the feaſt of the dedication the …
With rule
… diſſention about this doctrine, ſome wilfully cauellyng at the propoſed truth, and other no whittewhit the leſſe mayntayning and defending the ſame. In the feaſt of the dedication the …
Henrich Bullinger · The Sum of the Four Evangelists · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſet purpoſe offended therein, making this reckoning, that GOD ought to forgiue them euerie whittewhit. Yea forſooth, But marke that Saint Paule namely ſaith, that Ieſus Chriſt wil come …
With rule
… ſet purpoſe offended therein, making this reckoning, that GOD ought to forgiue them euerie whittewhit. Yea forſooth, But marke that Saint Paule namely ſaith, that Ieſus Chriſt wil come …
John Calvin · Sermons on Divinity Humanity and Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne argument of the reall presence in the sacrament? and neuerthelesse setteth you no whittewhit more at liberty concerning Transubstantiation, but masteth you faster in the nette, and maketh …
With rule
… owne argument of the reall presence in the sacrament? and neuerthelesse setteth you no whittewhit more at liberty concerning Transubstantiation, but masteth you faster in the nette, and maketh …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 302 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

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