Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31562 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

smalnesssmallness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 150 times in 117 works
Consistency: 93.7% (150 of 160)
Reach if approved: ~168 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: smallness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 160 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (150 changes in 117 works, 93.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 150)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… was Adams ingratitude for ſo ſmall a matter, to rebell againſt God? Therefore the ſmalneſssmallness of the matter of the ſinne doth not diminiſh but aggravate; he might the …
With rule
… was Adams ingratitude for ſo ſmall a matter, to rebell againſt God? Therefore the ſmalneſssmallness of the matter of the ſinne doth not diminiſh but aggravate; he might the …
Anthony Burgess · A Treatise of Original Sin · p. 406 · Open in the reader
Printed
5. They plead the ſmalneſssmallness of the fact, excuſing their ſins by extenuating them: dealing with their debts towards …
With rule
5. They plead the ſmalneſssmallness of the fact, excuſing their ſins by extenuating them: dealing with their debts towards …
John Crump · The Parable of the Great Supper Opened · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by these measures that we are to make the estimate of the greatness or smalnesssmallness of sins in the sight of God, and in order to his righteous and …
With rule
… by these measures that we are to make the estimate of the greatness or smalnesssmallness of sins in the sight of God, and in order to his righteous and …
James Durham · Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments · p. 303 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. 1. Through the ſmalneſssmallness of their graces. Converſion more diſcernable at the firſt Plantation of the Goſpel then …
With rule
A. 1. Through the ſmalneſssmallness of their graces. Converſion more diſcernable at the firſt Plantation of the Goſpel then …
Henry Hickman · The Believers Duty Towards the Spirit · Open in the reader
Printed
… for ſin, pray anſwer them with abhorrence and deteſtation. Their great plea is the ſmalneſssmallness of the ſin; they ſay, as Lot of Zoar, Is it not a little …
With rule
… for ſin, pray anſwer them with abhorrence and deteſtation. Their great plea is the ſmalneſssmallness of the ſin; they ſay, as Lot of Zoar, Is it not a little …
Thomas Jacombe · Holy Dedication Both Personal and Domestic · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Preface pag. 40.) you speak of an unaccountable Separation, without regard to the greatness or smalnesssmallness of Parishes, &c. doth not that imply, that there may be some Account given …
With rule
… Preface pag. 40.) you speak of an unaccountable Separation, without regard to the greatness or smalnesssmallness of Parishes, &c. doth not that imply, that there may be some Account given …
Vincent Alsop · Reply to the Dean of St Pauls Reflections on the Rector of Sutton · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doubting of that bleſſed place or ſtate. My fears which now come from the ſmalneſssmallness of my Faith, will end when Faith is turned into Viſion. As I now …
With rule
… doubting of that bleſſed place or ſtate. My fears which now come from the ſmalneſssmallness of my Faith, will end when Faith is turned into Viſion. As I now …
Richard Baxter · Dying Thoughts Upon Philippians 1:23 · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to l…k after greater things. And afterward, when I was afraid leſt the ſmalneſssmallness and uncertainty of the means, together with his diſcour…gements from ſome of his …
With rule
… to l…k after greater things. And afterward, when I was afraid leſt the ſmalneſssmallness and uncertainty of the means, together with his diſcour…gements from ſome of his …
Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Death · p. 230 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A50522

Printed
3. Another Reason why God chose this Tribe afore other, may be the SmalnessSmallness thereof, being not above the sixtieth part of the people: A number which God …
With rule
3. Another Reason why God chose this Tribe afore other, may be the SmalnessSmallness thereof, being not above the sixtieth part of the people: A number which God …
Joseph Mede · Works · p. 179 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

Printed
… the Name of a Disciple, he shall in no wise lose his Reward. The SmalnessSmallness and Meanness of the Benefit, Help, and Refreshing, done to any in Christ's Name …
With rule
… the Name of a Disciple, he shall in no wise lose his Reward. The SmalnessSmallness and Meanness of the Benefit, Help, and Refreshing, done to any in Christ's Name …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1217 · Open in the reader

The Wisdom of God Manifested in Creation A58185

Printed
… by the same mediums to be innumerable, only instead of their distance substituting their SmalnessSmallness for the reason of their Invisibility.
With rule
… by the same mediums to be innumerable, only instead of their distance substituting their SmalnessSmallness for the reason of their Invisibility.
John Ray · The Wisdom of God Manifested in Creation · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Lastly, the immense SmalnessSmallness of some Seeds, not to be seen by the naked Eye, so that the …
With rule
Lastly, the immense SmalnessSmallness of some Seeds, not to be seen by the naked Eye, so that the …
John Ray · The Wisdom of God Manifested in Creation · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… admirable Art and Skill of the Creator and Composer of them from the incredible SmalnessSmallness of some of those natural and enlivened Machines, the Bodies of Animals.
With rule
… admirable Art and Skill of the Creator and Composer of them from the incredible SmalnessSmallness of some of those natural and enlivened Machines, the Bodies of Animals.
John Ray · The Wisdom of God Manifested in Creation · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so much as twinkle, being either by reason of their Distance or of their SmalnessSmallness, altogether invisible to the naked Eye, and only discoverable by a Telescope, and it …
With rule
… so much as twinkle, being either by reason of their Distance or of their SmalnessSmallness, altogether invisible to the naked Eye, and only discoverable by a Telescope, and it …
John Ray · The Wisdom of God Manifested in Creation · p. 128 · Open in the reader