Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6983 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deterrdeter

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 157 times in 96 works
Consistency: 100% (157 of 157)
Reach if approved: ~165 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: deter
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 157 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (157 changes in 96 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 157)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… loſs for a ſufficient anſwer. My buſineſs is to ſide with neither, but to deterrdeter the Reader from the preſumption of both parties; and to that end, to open …
With rule
… loſs for a ſufficient anſwer. My buſineſs is to ſide with neither, but to deterrdeter the Reader from the preſumption of both parties; and to that end, to open …
Richard Baxter · Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Majesty as to vain and earthly things: I have not feared thy judgments to deterrdeter me from sins, nor trusted to thy promises, to keep me from doubting of …
With rule
… Majesty as to vain and earthly things: I have not feared thy judgments to deterrdeter me from sins, nor trusted to thy promises, to keep me from doubting of …
Lewis Bayly · The Practice of Piety · p. 330 · Open in the reader
Printed
… before and that a Priſon and death were but poor arguments with him to deterrdeter him from his duty.
With rule
… before and that a Priſon and death were but poor arguments with him to deterrdeter him from his duty.
Thomas Cawton · The Life and Death of Thomas Cawton · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
Eliphaz having thus deſcribed the periſhing eſtate of wicked men, as an argument to deterrdeter and ſtave them off from wickedneſſe, concludes his whole diſcourſe with an Allegoricall recapitulation …
With rule
Eliphaz having thus deſcribed the periſhing eſtate of wicked men, as an argument to deterrdeter and ſtave them off from wickedneſſe, concludes his whole diſcourſe with an Allegoricall recapitulation …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
NOw in the next place, to deterrdeter you from this ſin, and that you may ſee the danger of it, conſider.
With rule
NOw in the next place, to deterrdeter you from this ſin, and that you may ſee the danger of it, conſider.
William Gearing · A Bridle for the Tongue · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to confess their sins before the Lord, as well as our own; and to deterrdeter Fathers from sinning against God. Ye may see, that Fathers in sinning, do not …
With rule
… to confess their sins before the Lord, as well as our own; and to deterrdeter Fathers from sinning against God. Ye may see, that Fathers in sinning, do not …
John Maynard · A Memento to Young and Old · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his nature, as a creature made for society; w…atever is useful the deterrdeter him from, and s…ppress in him every thing that is evil, even in …
With rule
… of his nature, as a creature made for society; w…atever is useful the deterrdeter him from, and s…ppress in him every thing that is evil, even in …
John Owen · Exercitation on Hebrews · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Preſidents to Poſterity (if not publikely abominated, exploded by them, or exemplarily puniſhed (to deterrdeter all others from their future imitation) to convince them by what Jeſuitical, Popiſh, old …
With rule
… Preſidents to Poſterity (if not publikely abominated, exploded by them, or exemplarily puniſhed (to deterrdeter all others from their future imitation) to convince them by what Jeſuitical, Popiſh, old …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

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