Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6697 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mispendmisspend

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 234 times in 172 works
Consistency: 98.3% (234 of 238)
Reach if approved: ~250 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: misspend
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 238 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (234 changes in 172 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 234)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Deuil. But in a word, to conclude, remember all you that any way thus miſpendmisspend theſe gifts of God: I ſay, remember the ſeruant that was vnprofitable in not …
With rule
… Deuil. But in a word, to conclude, remember all you that any way thus miſpendmisspend theſe gifts of God: I ſay, remember the ſeruant that was vnprofitable in not …
Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… togither in an Alenouse (though they most prophanely abuse the creatures of God, lewdly mispendmisspend their time, blasphemously dishonour the Lord, and vncharitably reuile, euen the very profession of …
With rule
… togither in an Alenouse (though they most prophanely abuse the creatures of God, lewdly mispendmisspend their time, blasphemously dishonour the Lord, and vncharitably reuile, euen the very profession of …
John Udall · Obedience to the Gospel · Open in the reader
Printed
… and doubtleſſe, thoſe that dare looſe a day, are dangerouſly prodigall; thoſe that dare miſpendmisspend it, deſperate.
With rule
… and doubtleſſe, thoſe that dare looſe a day, are dangerouſly prodigall; thoſe that dare miſpendmisspend it, deſperate.
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 272 · Open in the reader
Printed
… To Profeſſors of Chriſts Goſpell I ſpeake; faſhion not your ſelues to this world, miſpendmisspend not precious time in pampring foode for wormes; the greateſt gallant, and faireſt face …
With rule
… To Profeſſors of Chriſts Goſpell I ſpeake; faſhion not your ſelues to this world, miſpendmisspend not precious time in pampring foode for wormes; the greateſt gallant, and faireſt face …
William Crompton · A Lasting Jewel for Religious Women · Open in the reader
Printed
… former leape the couetous man hath a fair pretence, O why should I wastfully mispendmisspend Gods creatures? why should I make my belly my God? But why dost thou …
With rule
… former leape the couetous man hath a fair pretence, O why should I wastfully mispendmisspend Gods creatures? why should I make my belly my God? But why dost thou …
Daniel Dyke · The Mystery of Self-Deceiving · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he be negligent in increaſing of his own, by honeſt & lawful means: if he miſpendmisspend it at cardes, dice, gaming, &c. If any care not to maintaine the good …
With rule
… he be negligent in increaſing of his own, by honeſt & lawful means: if he miſpendmisspend it at cardes, dice, gaming, &c. If any care not to maintaine the good …
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perſons, that ſhould rather be ſet to ſome honeſt labour, then ſo unprofitably to miſpendmisspend their time to their owne hurte.
With rule
… perſons, that ſhould rather be ſet to ſome honeſt labour, then ſo unprofitably to miſpendmisspend their time to their owne hurte.
Alexander Leighton · A Short Treatise Against Stage Plays · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… belonged to the temple: these things indeed be ceased, and yet wee may not mispendmisspend these good which hereby are spared; for in the New testament the poore are …
With rule
… belonged to the temple: these things indeed be ceased, and yet wee may not mispendmisspend these good which hereby are spared; for in the New testament the poore are …
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 135 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.