Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6253 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

needfullneedful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 7,590 times in 1,813 works
Consistency: 100% (7,590 of 7,590)
Reach if approved: ~7,976 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: needful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 7,591 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (7,590 changes in 1,813 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 7,590)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is no other: and can and will doe all thinges for vs, which are needfullneedful aſwell for our ſoules as bodies. Wee muſt not goe vnto them which are …
With rule
… is no other: and can and will doe all thinges for vs, which are needfullneedful aſwell for our ſoules as bodies. Wee muſt not goe vnto them which are …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue need of, nor will hee suffer vs to want ought that shall be needfullneedful for vs, yet he will haue our wants made knowne to him by suit …
With rule
… haue need of, nor will hee suffer vs to want ought that shall be needfullneedful for vs, yet he will haue our wants made knowne to him by suit …
Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theſe divine effects (upon occaſion) both in your ſelves and in others, wherefore 'tis needfullneedful to comfort one another with theſe words. 4. In reſpect of the place, where comfort …
With rule
… theſe divine effects (upon occaſion) both in your ſelves and in others, wherefore 'tis needfullneedful to comfort one another with theſe words. 4. In reſpect of the place, where comfort …
William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 In ſickneſſe, to prouide things needfullneedful for them; to vſe the beſt meanes of recouery; and if th…y die …
With rule
2 In ſickneſſe, to prouide things needfullneedful for them; to vſe the beſt meanes of recouery; and if th…y die …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Wiſedome indeed is good, and a defence to a man, but monie alſo is needfullneedful, and a preſent remedie. For by monie may a man readily obtaine his deſires …
With rule
… Wiſedome indeed is good, and a defence to a man, but monie alſo is needfullneedful, and a preſent remedie. For by monie may a man readily obtaine his deſires …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the seede sowen is much changed before it growe vp and beare fruite: Then needfullneedful it is that in regeneration, there be a corruption of sinne, so that as …
With rule
… the seede sowen is much changed before it growe vp and beare fruite: Then needfullneedful it is that in regeneration, there be a corruption of sinne, so that as …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… iudged not complete enough to ſet out the bounds of the queſtion; but thought needfullneedful thereunto to take in more ground out of the larger fields of thoſe Fathers …
With rule
… iudged not complete enough to ſet out the bounds of the queſtion; but thought needfullneedful thereunto to take in more ground out of the larger fields of thoſe Fathers …
Daniel Featley · Pelagius Raked out of the Ashes by Arminius and his Scholars · Open in the reader
Printed
Nor cold, nor hot: heats needfullneedful sleeps infest,
With rule
Nor cold, nor hot: heats needfullneedful sleeps infest,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 50 · 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.