Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31738 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fittsfits

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 125 times in 45 works
Consistency: 80.6% (125 of 155)
Reach if approved: ~163 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 155 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (125 changes in 45 works, 80.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 125)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… had terrible conceits, which notwithſtanding he reſiſted. But after he hath treated of the fittsfits that he felt, he ſheweth what the follie of them is, which would haue …
With rule
… had terrible conceits, which notwithſtanding he reſiſted. But after he hath treated of the fittsfits that he felt, he ſheweth what the follie of them is, which would haue …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 337 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the City wall, which were newly built a little before: It endured by fittsfits sixe moneths together, so that many faire and goodly Churches and Fortresses were demolished …
With rule
… of the City wall, which were newly built a little before: It endured by fittsfits sixe moneths together, so that many faire and goodly Churches and Fortresses were demolished …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History Part 2 · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was a baniſhed man in Syria, to ſerve the Lord in Hebron, This beſt fittsfits his turne, and he deſires his fathers leave to goe thither to performe it …
With rule
… was a baniſhed man in Syria, to ſerve the Lord in Hebron, This beſt fittsfits his turne, and he deſires his fathers leave to goe thither to performe it …
Samuel Torshell · The Hypocrite Discovered and Cured · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did, and found ease by it for a short time. 1. Sam. …6.23. but (alas) his fittsfits and terrours returned, and became the more extreame, & violent afterwards, as you may see …
With rule
… did, and found ease by it for a short time. 1. Sam. …6.23. but (alas) his fittsfits and terrours returned, and became the more extreame, & violent afterwards, as you may see …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Church, as it far better fittsfits the Praelates in England, then the Cōsistorians, so fittsfits it the Papists better then eyther of them both: for there is one Bishop …
With rule
… Church, as it far better fittsfits the Praelates in England, then the Cōsistorians, so fittsfits it the Papists better then eyther of them both: for there is one Bishop …
John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
Strength of body is another bleſſing of God, and … fittsfits a man to be ſerviceable to God and his countrey. The Church hath now …
With rule
Strength of body is another bleſſing of God, and … fittsfits a man to be ſerviceable to God and his countrey. The Church hath now …
John Yates · The Saints Sufferings and Sinners Sorrows · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men, its a very rair thing to see them willing to die, though in fittsfits of crosse-dispensations, they may seem to be willing; and to have a submissive …
With rule
… men, its a very rair thing to see them willing to die, though in fittsfits of crosse-dispensations, they may seem to be willing; and to have a submissive …
James Durham · The Blessedness of the Death of These that Die in the Lord · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Jehovah the great Creator. And (2.) From their perſeverance; he prayed not by certain fittsfits, and ſudden ſtarts, in ſome pang or paſſion, as of fear or danger (thus …
With rule
… to Jehovah the great Creator. And (2.) From their perſeverance; he prayed not by certain fittsfits, and ſudden ſtarts, in ſome pang or paſſion, as of fear or danger (thus …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 383 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 are listed here. 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Wonders of the Invisible World A50177

Printed
… Instructions for the drawing the Bills of Indictments, they fell into strange and violent FittsFits, so that they were unable to give in their Depositions, not only then but …
With rule
… Instructions for the drawing the Bills of Indictments, they fell into strange and violent FittsFits, so that they were unable to give in their Depositions, not only then but …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not pronounce the Name of, Lord, or Iesus or Christ, but would fall into FittsFits; and say, Amy Duny says, I must not use that Nami. When they came …
With rule
… not pronounce the Name of, Lord, or Iesus or Christ, but would fall into FittsFits; and say, Amy Duny says, I must not use that Nami. When they came …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Stomach and great and sore Pains, like the pricking of pins: and then Swooning FittsFits, from which Recovering she declared, She had seen the Apparition of Rose Cullender, Threatning …
With rule
… Stomach and great and sore Pains, like the pricking of pins: and then Swooning FittsFits, from which Recovering she declared, She had seen the Apparition of Rose Cullender, Threatning …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them; was now taken with a great Pain in her Stomach; and New Swooning FittsFits. That she took little Food, but every Day Vomited Crooked Pins. In her first …
With rule
… them; was now taken with a great Pain in her Stomach; and New Swooning FittsFits. That she took little Food, but every Day Vomited Crooked Pins. In her first …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… up crooked Pins; and when she was brought into Court, she fell into her FittsFits▪ She Recovered her self in some Time, and was asked by the Court, whether …
With rule
… up crooked Pins; and when she was brought into Court, she fell into her FittsFits▪ She Recovered her self in some Time, and was asked by the Court, whether …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 79 · Open in the reader