Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6290 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

becommethbecometh

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 2,973 times in 854 works
Consistency: 99.7% (2,973 of 2,980)
Reach if approved: ~3,132 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: becomes
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,981 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,973 changes in 854 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,973)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Hide] When Gods iudgements are vpon the earth, it becommethbecometh vs to humble our ſelues and to hide our faces. Prov. 22. 3. The wiſe man …
With rule
Hide] When Gods iudgements are vpon the earth, it becommethbecometh vs to humble our ſelues and to hide our faces. Prov. 22. 3. The wiſe man …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
For which cause wee render, as becommethbecometh vs, all …ossible and immortall thankes too Iesu Christe our Lorde, and mightie Conquerour …
With rule
For which cause wee render, as becommethbecometh vs, all …ossible and immortall thankes too Iesu Christe our Lorde, and mightie Conquerour …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… how, and what time he ought to punish. And let vs onely as it becommethbecometh our frailty cry out: Lord in thy furious wrath argue me not, neither correct …
With rule
… how, and what time he ought to punish. And let vs onely as it becommethbecometh our frailty cry out: Lord in thy furious wrath argue me not, neither correct …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the children of this world: for we are called Elders; and therefore grauitie becommethbecometh vs. That which is vanity in others, is double iniquitie in vs. The excellencie …
With rule
… with the children of this world: for we are called Elders; and therefore grauitie becommethbecometh vs. That which is vanity in others, is double iniquitie in vs. The excellencie …
Samuel Gibson · Sermon of Ecclesiastical Benediction · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be worſhypped, and cauſed the Images to be brēt and deſtroyed. Then Damaſ…en becommethbecometh their proctoure, ſtubburnely reſiſtynge the Emperour ſo longe: tyll he had his ryghte hande …
With rule
… be worſhypped, and cauſed the Images to be brēt and deſtroyed. Then Damaſ…en becommethbecometh their proctoure, ſtubburnely reſiſtynge the Emperour ſo longe: tyll he had his ryghte hande …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. lxii · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou prayeſt God to deale with thee. This is acceptable to God. This well becommethbecometh thy profeſſion. This will bring much comfort to thy ſoule. Thus ſhall not thy …
With rule
… thou prayeſt God to deale with thee. This is acceptable to God. This well becommethbecometh thy profeſſion. This will bring much comfort to thy ſoule. Thus ſhall not thy …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Such eyes to see, such eares to heare, such hearts to be humbled, it becommethbecometh Gods people to haue, that as they loue nothing more than glorie, so they …
With rule
… Such eyes to see, such eares to heare, such hearts to be humbled, it becommethbecometh Gods people to haue, that as they loue nothing more than glorie, so they …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 275 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the power of the keyes which Chriſt hath given us. But what now becommethbecometh of them? that I may not ſay in ſome of our hands they are …
With rule
… and the power of the keyes which Chriſt hath given us. But what now becommethbecometh of them? that I may not ſay in ſome of our hands they are …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 423 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

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

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
BEcommethBecometh] the word denoteth a faire and comely grace, for which a thing is to …
With rule
BEcommethBecometh] the word denoteth a faire and comely grace, for which a thing is to …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
BecommethBecometh oft another meanes to gri…ve thee.
With rule
BecommethBecometh oft another meanes to gri…ve thee.
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
BecommethBecometh me that am a priva…e man,
With rule
BecommethBecometh me that am a priva…e man,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
… face. And in that place God pleadeth expresly against hypocrites. How now, sayth hee? BecommethBecometh it thee to take my name in thy mouth? Thou boastest thy selfe to …
With rule
… face. And in that place God pleadeth expresly against hypocrites. How now, sayth hee? BecommethBecometh it thee to take my name in thy mouth? Thou boastest thy selfe to …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 319 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
… ſuch a faſhion, as ſeemeth ſtraunge to vs, and farre outreacheth all our capacitie? BecommethBecometh it vs to preſume in that cace to iudge at all aduenture, and too …
With rule
… ſuch a faſhion, as ſeemeth ſtraunge to vs, and farre outreacheth all our capacitie? BecommethBecometh it vs to preſume in that cace to iudge at all aduenture, and too …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 758 · Open in the reader