Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6737 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mispentmisspent

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 267 times in 211 works
Consistency: 99.2% (267 of 269)
Reach if approved: ~283 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 269 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (267 changes in 211 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 267)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… towards thee. Spend ſome time therefore in this matter, it will not be time miſpentmisspent, but redeemed, much benefit wil redound to vs by our paines thus beſtowed: for …
With rule
… towards thee. Spend ſome time therefore in this matter, it will not be time miſpentmisspent, but redeemed, much benefit wil redound to vs by our paines thus beſtowed: for …
Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 248 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are so sparing of their paines and coste, that they thinke that verie time mispentmisspent which is imploied in the seruice of God: and that money ill bestowed, which …
With rule
… are so sparing of their paines and coste, that they thinke that verie time mispentmisspent which is imploied in the seruice of God: and that money ill bestowed, which …
Henry Smith · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy younger yeares, youthes sweet Aprile mispentmisspent
With rule
Thy younger yeares, youthes sweet Aprile mispentmisspent
Robert Boyd · A Spiritual Hymn · Open in the reader
Printed
… now iuſtly made vs afraid one of another. And becauſe wee wickedly and careleſly miſpentmisspent our time, now thou haſt made vs wearie of our time, and brought to …
With rule
… now iuſtly made vs afraid one of another. And becauſe wee wickedly and careleſly miſpentmisspent our time, now thou haſt made vs wearie of our time, and brought to …
William Crashaw · Londons Lamentation for Her Sins · Open in the reader
Printed
… they must come into iudgement, and render a reckoning of their abused blessings and mispentmisspent talents; so they who are in affliction doe with hungring appetite feed vpon this …
With rule
… they must come into iudgement, and render a reckoning of their abused blessings and mispentmisspent talents; so they who are in affliction doe with hungring appetite feed vpon this …
John Downame · Consolations for the Afflicted · p. 506 · Open in the reader
Printed
His care and watchings (oft mispentmisspent in vain)
With rule
His care and watchings (oft mispentmisspent in vain)
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of it, many would applie themſelues to better exerciſes, there would bee leſſe time miſpentmisspent in Alehouſes, and Godleſſe prouoked to diſpleaſure againſt vs. But theſe things I referre …
With rule
… of it, many would applie themſelues to better exerciſes, there would bee leſſe time miſpentmisspent in Alehouſes, and Godleſſe prouoked to diſpleaſure againſt vs. But theſe things I referre …
James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee should spend our liues in learning heerof, no doubt the time were not mispentmisspent.
With rule
… wee should spend our liues in learning heerof, no doubt the time were not mispentmisspent.
William Perkins · The Combat Between Christ and the Devil Displayed · p. 21 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
MiſpentMisspent the Time, that's gone and paſt;
With rule
MiſpentMisspent the Time, that's gone and paſt;
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 268 · Open in the reader