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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8938 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whooredomewhoredom

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

Puritas changed it
96 times in 50 works
Consistency
84.2% (96 of 114)
Reach if approved
~120 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: whoredom
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
114 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (96 changes in 50 works, 84.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 96)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … an adulterer or a drunkard ſhall bee challenged and condemned not onely for his whooredomewhoredom or drunkenneſſe, but for the abuſe of his profeſſion, his counterfet profeſſion of religion …
    With rule
    … an adulterer or a drunkard ſhall bee challenged and condemned not onely for his whooredomewhoredom or drunkenneſſe, but for the abuſe of his profeſſion, his counterfet profeſſion of religion …

    Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 253 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … to God, and it is ſtiled by Moſes a going a whooring; adultery and whooredomewhoredom defile the body and ſelf-ſeeking defiles the ſoule; the Iewes by their covetous …
    With rule
    … to God, and it is ſtiled by Moſes a going a whooring; adultery and whooredomewhoredom defile the body and ſelf-ſeeking defiles the ſoule; the Iewes by their covetous …

    Alexander Grosse · Sweet and Soul-Persuading Inducements Leading Unto Christ · p. 184 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and Mammon too , God and their bellies too , God and drunkenneſſe too, God and whooredomewhoredom too, God and their pleaſures too. This is a poore religion: this is a …
    With rule
    … and Mammon too , God and their bellies too , God and drunkenneſſe too, God and whooredomewhoredom too, God and their pleaſures too. This is a poore religion: this is a …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … foundation of Chriſtianitie, nor Church of God, where the couenant is broken by ſpirituall whooredomewhoredom, and where there is no reioicing with God: and the grace of God and …
    With rule
    … foundation of Chriſtianitie, nor Church of God, where the couenant is broken by ſpirituall whooredomewhoredom, and where there is no reioicing with God: and the grace of God and …

    Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 235 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … theſe malitious papiſts to thē ſelues as men in whome then ſinne of ſpirituall whooredomewhoredom with the gariſh & Babylonicall harlot is growen to ſuch rottenneſſe in their bones, that …
    With rule
    … theſe malitious papiſts to thē ſelues as men in whome then ſinne of ſpirituall whooredomewhoredom with the gariſh & Babylonicall harlot is growen to ſuch rottenneſſe in their bones, that …

    Thomas Sparke · Sermon 14 September 1585 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Thou ſhalte not committe whooredomewhoredom.
    With rule
    Thou ſhalte not committe whooredomewhoredom.

    Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … him selfe not able to kéepe them, yea that it is a cause of whooredomewhoredom, lustes, and manye other sinnes: but he dothe well and godly, if he kéepe …
    With rule
    … him selfe not able to kéepe them, yea that it is a cause of whooredomewhoredom, lustes, and manye other sinnes: but he dothe well and godly, if he kéepe …

    Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of ſin by the contrary exerciſes of godlineſſe and righteouſneſſe, as the act of whooredomewhoredom by continency, the act of drunkenneſſe by ſobrietie, the acts of all ſinnes by …
    With rule
    … of ſin by the contrary exerciſes of godlineſſe and righteouſneſſe, as the act of whooredomewhoredom by continency, the act of drunkenneſſe by ſobrietie, the acts of all ſinnes by …

    Robert Abbot · The Danger of Popery · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 are listed here. 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking A15295

  • Printed
    … theefe, & a murderer by your Canon law and Doctrine, and that more then for WhooredomeWhoredom, because necessitie hath no law. Againe, in necessitie all things ought to bee common …
    With rule
    … theefe, & a murderer by your Canon law and Doctrine, and that more then for WhooredomeWhoredom, because necessitie hath no law. Againe, in necessitie all things ought to bee common …

    Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    … vaine wordes deceiue you not. And in that place hee speaketh of Theft, Murder, WhooredomeWhoredom. O, will some say, It is lawful for a man to reuenge himselfe: and …
    With rule
    … vaine wordes deceiue you not. And in that place hee speaketh of Theft, Murder, WhooredomeWhoredom. O, will some say, It is lawful for a man to reuenge himselfe: and …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 706 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WhooredomeWhoredom.
    With rule
    WhooredomeWhoredom.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    In what cases Caluine saith of himselfe that he praied to God that WhooredomeWhoredom should bee vnpunished.
    With rule
    In what cases Caluine saith of himselfe that he praied to God that WhooredomeWhoredom should bee vnpunished.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The greeuous offense of a wife cōmitting WhooredomeWhoredom with an other man.
    With rule
    The greeuous offense of a wife cōmitting WhooredomeWhoredom with an other man.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … beare themselues in hande, that it is not so great a sinne to commit WhooredomeWhoredom, and why.
    With rule
    … beare themselues in hande, that it is not so great a sinne to commit WhooredomeWhoredom, and why.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven A20202

  • Printed
    WhooredomeWhoredom, and the dangers thereof. 54
    With rule
    WhooredomeWhoredom, and the dangers thereof. 54

    Arthur Dent · The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    ¶Of WhooredomeWhoredom or Fornication.
    With rule
    ¶Of WhooredomeWhoredom or Fornication.

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 229 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … theſe wordes: And hath not ſyt in the chaire of peſtilence) writeth very wel. WhooredomeWhoredom (ſaythe he) ſtayeth not in one man, but inuadeth a whole City. For ſome …
    With rule
    … theſe wordes: And hath not ſyt in the chaire of peſtilence) writeth very wel. WhooredomeWhoredom (ſaythe he) ſtayeth not in one man, but inuadeth a whole City. For ſome …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 233 · Open in the reader

Davids Blessed Man B00721

  • Printed
    … of ſinne; you that bring forth no other fruite but horrible Oathes, Blaſphemy, Drunkeneſſe, WhooredomeWhoredom, &c. That by the Axe of Gods vengeance, yee ſhall bee hewen downe and …
    With rule
    … of ſinne; you that bring forth no other fruite but horrible Oathes, Blaſphemy, Drunkeneſſe, WhooredomeWhoredom, &c. That by the Axe of Gods vengeance, yee ſhall bee hewen downe and …

    Samuel Smith · Davids Blessed Man · p. 203 · Open in the reader