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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7207 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

distastefulldistasteful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
123 times in 95 works
Consistency
100% (123 of 123)
Reach if approved
~129 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: distasteful
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
123 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (123 changes in 95 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 123)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … than needs. The worke of godlineſſe in the power of it, muſt needs be diſtaſtefulldistasteful to them, becauſe it ſeekes to empty a man of himſelf, to cauſe him …
    With rule
    … than needs. The worke of godlineſſe in the power of it, muſt needs be diſtaſtefulldistasteful to them, becauſe it ſeekes to empty a man of himſelf, to cauſe him …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · The Excellency of a Gracious Spirit · p. 234 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … this or that filthy pleasure, as this woman of Samaria did. None are more distastefulldistasteful to such, then Ministers; No matter more tedious to them then that of religion …
    With rule
    … this or that filthy pleasure, as this woman of Samaria did. None are more distastefulldistasteful to such, then Ministers; No matter more tedious to them then that of religion …

    Daniel Dyke · Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine · p. 293 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    7. As hunger makes men reliſh the moſt diſtaſtefulldistasteful food, when full ſtomachs loath the moſt delightfull: ſo poverty hath this advantage of …
    With rule
    7. As hunger makes men reliſh the moſt diſtaſtefulldistasteful food, when full ſtomachs loath the moſt delightfull: ſo poverty hath this advantage of …

    Simon Patrick · The Book of Proverbs Paraphrased · p. 473 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … be pardoned, and bitter by paine if they be punished; and unto God as distastefulldistasteful as the bitterest gall can be unto man. And though it be in the …
    With rule
    … be pardoned, and bitter by paine if they be punished; and unto God as distastefulldistasteful as the bitterest gall can be unto man. And though it be in the …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the taste; as Gall which when it is mingled with sweet things makes them distastefulldistasteful: so if the husband shall be bitter and fierce in his authority, reproofes, and …
    With rule
    … the taste; as Gall which when it is mingled with sweet things makes them distastefulldistasteful: so if the husband shall be bitter and fierce in his authority, reproofes, and …

    Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 307 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſawce of all: it giveth a relliſh to thoſe things that are otherwiſe moſt diſtaſtefulldistasteful and loathſome. It is moſt true of Gods love: for it maketh rebukes gratefull …
    With rule
    … ſawce of all: it giveth a relliſh to thoſe things that are otherwiſe moſt diſtaſtefulldistasteful and loathſome. It is moſt true of Gods love: for it maketh rebukes gratefull …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 712 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … gall of bitternesse; for as there is nothing that will bee so bitter and distastefulldistasteful, nay terrible unto them, as this being lyable to the wrath of God due …
    With rule
    … gall of bitternesse; for as there is nothing that will bee so bitter and distastefulldistasteful, nay terrible unto them, as this being lyable to the wrath of God due …

    John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … man that hath a naturall conscience will not doe this, and this is very distastefulldistasteful, where men Idolize themselves they love not such, but such as are slaves to …
    With rule
    … man that hath a naturall conscience will not doe this, and this is very distastefulldistasteful, where men Idolize themselves they love not such, but such as are slaves to …

    Richard Sibbes · The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law · p. 201 · 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.