Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31089 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gainfullgainful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 429 times in 289 works
Consistency: 98.1% (429 of 437)
Reach if approved: ~459 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gainful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 437 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (429 changes in 289 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 429)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the couetous ſeemeth to hate, but hee would commit them if they were as gainfullgainful as niggardſhip, and drudgery is; for what will not the couetous doe for money?
With rule
… the couetous ſeemeth to hate, but hee would commit them if they were as gainfullgainful as niggardſhip, and drudgery is; for what will not the couetous doe for money?
Thomas Granger · A Looking-Glass for Christians · Open in the reader
Printed
… them goe. Ioh. 11.44. This (then) beeing all that the righteous ſhall looſe by their gainfullgainful death: For they ſhall looſe a ſhort miſerable life, and receiue a long euer …
With rule
… them goe. Ioh. 11.44. This (then) beeing all that the righteous ſhall looſe by their gainfullgainful death: For they ſhall looſe a ſhort miſerable life, and receiue a long euer …
Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they shewed him how acceptable it would be to the Kings & Queene, and how gainfullgainful it would be both bodily & spiritually, they added that the Councell & Noble-men bare …
With rule
… they shewed him how acceptable it would be to the Kings & Queene, and how gainfullgainful it would be both bodily & spiritually, they added that the Councell & Noble-men bare …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 318 · Open in the reader
Printed
… legall Obedience and observations: and lastly in his opinions touching them, he counted them gainfullgainful things, and rested upon them for his salvation, till the Lord opened his eyes …
With rule
… legall Obedience and observations: and lastly in his opinions touching them, he counted them gainfullgainful things, and rested upon them for his salvation, till the Lord opened his eyes …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 473 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne worldly ends. A wounded spirit will part with any thing. Most of the gainfullgainful points of Popery, as confession, sasatisfaction, merit, Purgatory, &c. spring from hence, but they …
With rule
… owne worldly ends. A wounded spirit will part with any thing. Most of the gainfullgainful points of Popery, as confession, sasatisfaction, merit, Purgatory, &c. spring from hence, but they …
Richard Sibbes · The Bruised Reed · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… looſe ſome leſſer matter, that thou maiſt gaine greater. They haue made a moſt gainfullgainful traffique, and happy change, they haue loſt ſhadowes, and gained ſubſtāces, they haue parted …
With rule
… looſe ſome leſſer matter, that thou maiſt gaine greater. They haue made a moſt gainfullgainful traffique, and happy change, they haue loſt ſhadowes, and gained ſubſtāces, they haue parted …
Richard Stock · The Churchs Lamentation for the Loss of the Godly · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… holines, &c. And haue not Friers of late done thus? What hath beene so gainfullgainful, as their pouertie? What hath béene so common? as to aske money or wages …
With rule
… holines, &c. And haue not Friers of late done thus? What hath beene so gainfullgainful, as their pouertie? What hath béene so common? as to aske money or wages …
Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
… every ſinner is an unthrift, and in the end will prove bank-rupt, how gainfullgainful a trade ſoever hee ſeeme to drive with Satan: for as Chriſt curſed the …
With rule
… every ſinner is an unthrift, and in the end will prove bank-rupt, how gainfullgainful a trade ſoever hee ſeeme to drive with Satan: for as Chriſt curſed the …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 648 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John A63065

Printed
Verſe 4. With the affairs] Or, GainfullGainful negotiations: with marriage-matters, ſay the Pap…ſts here, but without all ſhew of …
With rule
Verſe 4. With the affairs] Or, GainfullGainful negotiations: with marriage-matters, ſay the Pap…ſts here, but without all ſhew of …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John · p. 326 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

Printed
… to this duty, Conſider that the fear of God is 1. But equall and reaſonable. 2. GainfullGainful and profitable. 3. Needfull. 4. Honourable. 5. Acceptable. 6. Comfortable.
With rule
… to this duty, Conſider that the fear of God is 1. But equall and reaſonable. 2. GainfullGainful and profitable. 3. Needfull. 4. Honourable. 5. Acceptable. 6. Comfortable.
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 811 · Open in the reader