Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12239 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

choakchoke

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 585 times in 382 works
Consistency: 95.9% (585 of 610)
Reach if approved: ~641 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: choke
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 610 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (585 changes in 382 works, 95.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 585)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… when they empty their heads and hearts of all cares of life which might choakchoke the word; diligently doing their owne works on the sixe daies, and finishing them …
With rule
… when they empty their heads and hearts of all cares of life which might choakchoke the word; diligently doing their owne works on the sixe daies, and finishing them …
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it be referred to the Groom-Porter, Whether Adhesion be not as like to choakchoke narrow throats, as Conjunction. 3. He says, Christ and Believers are united by mutual Relations …
With rule
… it be referred to the Groom-Porter, Whether Adhesion be not as like to choakchoke narrow throats, as Conjunction. 3. He says, Christ and Believers are united by mutual Relations …
Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 473 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of loosing thy estate betray thee! How surely will the cares of this world choakchoke thee! how surely will the prevailing love of earthly things undo thee! except thou …
With rule
… of loosing thy estate betray thee! How surely will the cares of this world choakchoke thee! how surely will the prevailing love of earthly things undo thee! except thou …
Joseph Alleine · Remains of Joseph Alleine · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… going to the Churches at London, looked in at the Doors, ſaying, The Devil choakchoke thee, art thou not out of thy pottage yet?
With rule
… going to the Churches at London, looked in at the Doors, ſaying, The Devil choakchoke thee, art thou not out of thy pottage yet?
Richard Baxter · Last Legacy in Select Admonitions and Directions · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to pour into them the Water of Life: The Cares of the World do choakchoke the Word, and make it become unfruitful, Matth. 13. 22. Men cannot ſerve two Maſters, God …
With rule
… to pour into them the Water of Life: The Cares of the World do choakchoke the Word, and make it become unfruitful, Matth. 13. 22. Men cannot ſerve two Maſters, God …
Richard Baxter · Two Treatises to Awaken Secure Sinners · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
When this Difficulty is paſſed over, which alone is enough to choakchoke the keeneſt Diſputers appetite, Another of much greater importance remains behind, viz. upon ſuppoſition …
With rule
When this Difficulty is paſſed over, which alone is enough to choakchoke the keeneſt Diſputers appetite, Another of much greater importance remains behind, viz. upon ſuppoſition …
Edward Bagshaw · Letter Concerning Gods Decrees · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to plucke vp root and rinde of al ſuch weeds as may ouer-grow, choakchoke, and hinder the proſpering of grace. One maine and ranke weed is ſpirituall pride …
With rule
… to plucke vp root and rinde of al ſuch weeds as may ouer-grow, choakchoke, and hinder the proſpering of grace. One maine and ranke weed is ſpirituall pride …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
Reaſoning. Take heed of ſuch carnall things, as will choakchoke us in the very thoughts, when we are to goe about a courſe of …
With rule
Reaſoning. Take heed of ſuch carnall things, as will choakchoke us in the very thoughts, when we are to goe about a courſe of …
John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · p. 137 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock A25202

Printed
… heart, ver. 21. Yet hath he not Root in himself, ver. 22.—The deceitfulness of Riches ChoakChoke the Word: and yet till of late he was never branded for unintelligible explicating …
With rule
… heart, ver. 21. Yet hath he not Root in himself, ver. 22.—The deceitfulness of Riches ChoakChoke the Word: and yet till of late he was never branded for unintelligible explicating …
Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purpose; bút yet I have a question or two more, I am sure will ChoakChoke you: Come on your ways, young Man: What say you? What, Holiness necessary to …
With rule
… purpose; bút yet I have a question or two more, I am sure will ChoakChoke you: Come on your ways, young Man: What say you? What, Holiness necessary to …
Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 336 · Open in the reader

A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors A37483

Printed
… Cost to make his barren ground fruitful, and destroy those hurtful Weeds which would ChoakChoke the seed, deprive it of nourishment, and so spoil its growth— He also lays …
With rule
… Cost to make his barren ground fruitful, and destroy those hurtful Weeds which would ChoakChoke the seed, deprive it of nourishment, and so spoil its growth— He also lays …
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Snake in the Grass Further Discovered A40787

Printed
… and if you ſhould take it for Chriſt the Word, you muſt read it ChoakChoke Chriſt: which how untrue and uncomely a phraſe it is, I leave your ſelves …
With rule
… and if you ſhould take it for Chriſt the Word, you muſt read it ChoakChoke Chriſt: which how untrue and uncomely a phraſe it is, I leave your ſelves …
John Faldo · The Snake in the Grass Further Discovered · p. 28 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… who unable to bear his burning, bad him to do ſo, but not to ChoakChoke him.
With rule
… who unable to bear his burning, bad him to do ſo, but not to ChoakChoke him.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 551 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo ſignally Exalted. Behold here how all on the ſudden God hands out a ChoakChoke-Pear to this ſelf-flattering Fool, which changeth his Higheſt Exaltation in one moment …
With rule
… ſo ſignally Exalted. Behold here how all on the ſudden God hands out a ChoakChoke-Pear to this ſelf-flattering Fool, which changeth his Higheſt Exaltation in one moment …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 677 · Open in the reader

The Christian Life A58787

Printed
… their worldly Cares and Pleasures, like Thorns, to spring up in their Thoughts and ChoakChoke it, before it was arrived to any Maturity. But that which rendred it so …
With rule
… their worldly Cares and Pleasures, like Thorns, to spring up in their Thoughts and ChoakChoke it, before it was arrived to any Maturity. But that which rendred it so …
John Scott · The Christian Life · p. 255 · Open in the reader

Iter Boreal A66003

Printed
ChoakChoke up my Standish with the blood and gore
With rule
ChoakChoke up my Standish with the blood and gore
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Iter Boreal 2 A66004

Printed
ChoakChoke up my Stand…ſh with the blood and gore
With rule
ChoakChoke up my Stand…ſh with the blood and gore
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal 2 · p. 6 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
ChoakChoke]
With rule
ChoakChoke]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 100 · Open in the reader

The Christians Guide to Devotion A93395

Printed
… heart thou art not accquainted withal, as well as the ſins thou wotteſt of. ChoakChoke the buds of thy Vices, leſt they come to bring forth bitter branches, and …
With rule
… heart thou art not accquainted withal, as well as the ſins thou wotteſt of. ChoakChoke the buds of thy Vices, leſt they come to bring forth bitter branches, and …
Samuel Smith · The Christians Guide to Devotion · p. 98 · Open in the reader

The Choice Benefit of Communion with God in his House N00322

Printed
… with your Call of the Gospel, if worldly Cares and Business prove Thorns to ChoakChoke th Word, to deaden your Affections thereto, draw away your Spirits therefrom, and hinder …
With rule
… with your Call of the Gospel, if worldly Cares and Business prove Thorns to ChoakChoke th Word, to deaden your Affections thereto, draw away your Spirits therefrom, and hinder …
Joshua Moodey · The Choice Benefit of Communion with God in his House · p. 13 · Open in the reader