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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11210 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

painefullpainful

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it
1,285 times in 541 works
Consistency
99.2% (1,285 of 1,295)
Reach if approved
~1,361 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: painful
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,295 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,285 changes in 541 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,285)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … their present life, by diuine aide haue valiantly resisted their enemies: hauing ended their painefullpainful pilgrimage, may presently thenceforth raigne happy in their natiue Countrey.
    With rule
    … their present life, by diuine aide haue valiantly resisted their enemies: hauing ended their painefullpainful pilgrimage, may presently thenceforth raigne happy in their natiue Countrey.

    William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … colleagues, and pronounced against him, Master Bradford and Master Saunders, three worthie learned and painefullpainful preachers, the sentence of death.
    With rule
    … colleagues, and pronounced against him, Master Bradford and Master Saunders, three worthie learned and painefullpainful preachers, the sentence of death.

    Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 120 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of peace, and procuring of plenty. For valiant ſouldiours to defend our land, for painefullpainful huſbandmen and trades men in all callings, for prudent huſwifes, faithful ſeruantes, & that euen …
    With rule
    … of peace, and procuring of plenty. For valiant ſouldiours to defend our land, for painefullpainful huſbandmen and trades men in all callings, for prudent huſwifes, faithful ſeruantes, & that euen …

    Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Be teraperate although it be neuer so painefullpainful to thee that thereby thou may be humbled, & made … of t…y …uety, least …
    With rule
    Be teraperate although it be neuer so painefullpainful to thee that thereby thou may be humbled, & made … of t…y …uety, least …

    Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 62 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Want thay that painefullpainful palyce Purgatorye.
    With rule
    Want thay that painefullpainful palyce Purgatorye.

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſame yéere was Thomas Patmore parſon of Hadham in Hartfordſhire, a godly man and painefullpainful teacher, perſecuted by Richard FitzIames biſhop of London, who was deſirous to preferre another …
    With rule
    … ſame yéere was Thomas Patmore parſon of Hadham in Hartfordſhire, a godly man and painefullpainful teacher, perſecuted by Richard FitzIames biſhop of London, who was deſirous to preferre another …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … may water, but God giveth the increase. It was observed of Master Greenham, that painefullpainful and zealous Preacher of Gods Word; that though hee was very industrious in his …
    With rule
    … may water, but God giveth the increase. It was observed of Master Greenham, that painefullpainful and zealous Preacher of Gods Word; that though hee was very industrious in his …

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Pillars of our peace, plenty, and ſecurity in this Land, I doe meane, godly, painefullpainful and profitable teachers are of many little regarded. Yea many liue in beggery, and …
    With rule
    … Pillars of our peace, plenty, and ſecurity in this Land, I doe meane, godly, painefullpainful and profitable teachers are of many little regarded. Yea many liue in beggery, and …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 245 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

  • Printed
    … mee, and the light of mine eyes, euen they are not mine owne. Psal. 38. 7. 8. 9. 10. PainefullPainful nights haue beene appointed vnto mee. If I layed mee downe, I saide, VVhen …
    With rule
    … mee, and the light of mine eyes, euen they are not mine owne. Psal. 38. 7. 8. 9. 10. PainefullPainful nights haue beene appointed vnto mee. If I layed mee downe, I saide, VVhen …

    William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 12 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

  • Printed
    PainefullPainful Preachers many times grow idle.
    With rule
    PainefullPainful Preachers many times grow idle.

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

  • Printed
    PainefullPainful labours.
    With rule
    PainefullPainful labours.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 537 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … others moſt pleaſant, is gathered vpon rough briers or brambles: So of diligent and PainefullPainful labours, commeth at the length pleaſant profit, and great gaine.
    With rule
    … others moſt pleaſant, is gathered vpon rough briers or brambles: So of diligent and PainefullPainful labours, commeth at the length pleaſant profit, and great gaine.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 537 · Open in the reader

Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light A19294

  • Printed
    … my Grounds: For the Proofe & Discouerie of the Doctrine of Witch-craft, from the PainefullPainful and profitable Labours of the Worthies of our Times▪ that haue waded before mee …
    With rule
    … my Grounds: For the Proofe & Discouerie of the Doctrine of Witch-craft, from the PainefullPainful and profitable Labours of the Worthies of our Times▪ that haue waded before mee …

    Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 363 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature A19295

  • Printed
    … my Grounds: For the Proofe & Discouerie of the Doctrine of Witch-craft, from the PainefullPainful and profitable Labours of the Worthies of our Times that haue waded before mee …
    With rule
    … my Grounds: For the Proofe & Discouerie of the Doctrine of Witch-craft, from the PainefullPainful and profitable Labours of the Worthies of our Times that haue waded before mee …

    Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 363 · Open in the reader

The Monument A20169

  • Printed
    PainefullPainful nights: Or as it is in the originall, nights of labour. Whence obſerue we …
    With rule
    PainefullPainful nights: Or as it is in the originall, nights of labour. Whence obſerue we …

    Stephen Denison · The Monument · p. 35 · Open in the reader