Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #590 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnpleasantunpleasant

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 350 times in 163 works
Consistency: 100% (350 of 350)
Reach if approved: ~368 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unpleasant
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 350 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (350 changes in 163 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 350)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thē, whē they are ſunck into his ſtomacke, to be as bitter and as vnpleaſantunpleasant as gall. The like may be ſaid of the couetous and ambitious perſon.
With rule
… thē, whē they are ſunck into his ſtomacke, to be as bitter and as vnpleaſantunpleasant as gall. The like may be ſaid of the couetous and ambitious perſon.
Richard Rogers · Sermons · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee a ſhrow, her troublſome iarring in the end will make her honeſt behauiour vnpleaſantunpleasant, as her ouer-pinching at laſt cauſeth her good huſwiferie to bee euill ſpoken …
With rule
… bee a ſhrow, her troublſome iarring in the end will make her honeſt behauiour vnpleaſantunpleasant, as her ouer-pinching at laſt cauſeth her good huſwiferie to bee euill ſpoken …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but euen to ſweeten alſo thoſe things vnto a man, that are harſh and vnpleaſantunpleasant in themſelues.
With rule
… but euen to ſweeten alſo thoſe things vnto a man, that are harſh and vnpleaſantunpleasant in themſelues.
Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Indeede Artis tristissima ianua nostrae: the entrance to this way is somewhat sharp and vnpleasantunpleasant to flesh; for it begins at repentance for former vncharitablenesse. But once entred into …
With rule
… Indeede Artis tristissima ianua nostrae: the entrance to this way is somewhat sharp and vnpleasantunpleasant to flesh; for it begins at repentance for former vncharitablenesse. But once entred into …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can be so of thē selues, but of their false workinge) they made them vnpleasantunpleasant, vnprofitable, yea and most perylous vnto many.
With rule
… can be so of thē selues, but of their false workinge) they made them vnpleasantunpleasant, vnprofitable, yea and most perylous vnto many.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… not betymes withstād their most wicked coūsils, wise men do cōsider. How heauie and vnpleasantunpleasant shall the burthen and yock of a Frenchman be to your shoulders ād necks …
With rule
… not betymes withstād their most wicked coūsils, wise men do cōsider. How heauie and vnpleasantunpleasant shall the burthen and yock of a Frenchman be to your shoulders ād necks …
John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
A most vnpleasantunpleasant Pleasure;
With rule
A most vnpleasantunpleasant Pleasure;
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader
Printed
… beare, things faire in ſhew, yet in truth they are but baſtard fruits, and vnpleaſantunpleasant to a good taſt. For without faith and a ſure confidence that we do …
With rule
… beare, things faire in ſhew, yet in truth they are but baſtard fruits, and vnpleaſantunpleasant to a good taſt. For without faith and a ſure confidence that we do …
John Prime · Of Nature and Grace · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

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