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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4691 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dishonestiedishonesty

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it
161 times in 105 works
Consistency
96.9% (161 of 166)
Reach if approved
~174 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: dishonesty
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
166 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (161 changes in 105 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 161)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … hue, and cry againſt true men: or like harlots, that lay the imputation of diſhoneſtiedishonesty vpon ſober matrones, to the end that they themſelues might bee thought chaſt and …
    With rule
    … hue, and cry againſt true men: or like harlots, that lay the imputation of diſhoneſtiedishonesty vpon ſober matrones, to the end that they themſelues might bee thought chaſt and …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 442 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … difference we are not so far studied in Moralities, as to conceiue wherein the dishonestiedishonesty of the diuel's Faith, and the honestie of Hypocrites Faith doth lie. To ordinarie …
    With rule
    … difference we are not so far studied in Moralities, as to conceiue wherein the dishonestiedishonesty of the diuel's Faith, and the honestie of Hypocrites Faith doth lie. To ordinarie …

    William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 202 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … matter) that all sports and playes are not expedient, honest, seemely, some savour of dishonestiedishonesty. Of which kinde danses are, as the Gentiles sawe by the same light also …
    With rule
    … matter) that all sports and playes are not expedient, honest, seemely, some savour of dishonestiedishonesty. Of which kinde danses are, as the Gentiles sawe by the same light also …

    John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of theſe latter, doe not carrie ſuch a manifeſt appearance of groſſe impietie and diſhoneſtiedishonesty, as doe the ſinnes of open Blaſphemers, Drunkards, whore-Maſters, and the like; yet …
    With rule
    … of theſe latter, doe not carrie ſuch a manifeſt appearance of groſſe impietie and diſhoneſtiedishonesty, as doe the ſinnes of open Blaſphemers, Drunkards, whore-Maſters, and the like; yet …

    Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · p. 228 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the worſe of our doctrine, and of vs al. A deuiſe ful of fraud, diſhoneſtiedishonesty & malice, to take aduantage of mens infirmities & imperfections againſt the eternal truth of God …
    With rule
    … the worſe of our doctrine, and of vs al. A deuiſe ful of fraud, diſhoneſtiedishonesty & malice, to take aduantage of mens infirmities & imperfections againſt the eternal truth of God …

    William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … should cast themselues headlong whether soeuer pleasure shall cary them, and being full of dishonestiedishonesty, they make haste to vile pouertie. Afterwarde he describeth the punishment, which by the …
    With rule
    … should cast themselues headlong whether soeuer pleasure shall cary them, and being full of dishonestiedishonesty, they make haste to vile pouertie. Afterwarde he describeth the punishment, which by the …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 492 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the ſight of God, he ſpeaketh in Chriſt. He renounceth the hidden things of diſhoneſtiedishonesty, not walking in craftineſſe, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the …
    With rule
    … the ſight of God, he ſpeaketh in Chriſt. He renounceth the hidden things of diſhoneſtiedishonesty, not walking in craftineſſe, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the …

    Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 317 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of peace yet, they might be bestowed, if not well, yet with their lesse dishonestiedishonesty, vpon persons not openly infamous. Such fellowes are more fit to be gouerned, then …
    With rule
    … of peace yet, they might be bestowed, if not well, yet with their lesse dishonestiedishonesty, vpon persons not openly infamous. Such fellowes are more fit to be gouerned, then …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 379 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … diſhonour her Husband, to clog and wound her owne Soule, to abuſe her bodie: DiſhoneſtieDishonesty growes bold, when it is countenanced with greatneſſe. Eminent perſons had need be carefull …
    With rule
    … diſhonour her Husband, to clog and wound her owne Soule, to abuſe her bodie: DiſhoneſtieDishonesty growes bold, when it is countenanced with greatneſſe. Eminent perſons had need be carefull …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1138 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    DiſhoneſtieDishonesty: It growes bold when it is countenanced by greatneſſe. 1139
    With rule
    DiſhoneſtieDishonesty: It growes bold when it is countenanced by greatneſſe. 1139

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    DiſhoneſtieDishonesty growes bold when it is countenanced by greatneſſe. 1138
    With rule
    DiſhoneſtieDishonesty growes bold when it is countenanced by greatneſſe. 1138

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader