Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6308 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prodigallprodigal

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 2,239 times in 844 works
Consistency: 99.9% (2,239 of 2,241)
Reach if approved: ~2,355 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prodigal
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,241 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,239 changes in 844 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,239)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… curſedneſſe by reaſon of the puniſhment and fearefull iſſue of ſinne: Thus was the prodigallprodigal childe grieued, becauſe he had ſinned againſt his Father.
With rule
… curſedneſſe by reaſon of the puniſhment and fearefull iſſue of ſinne: Thus was the prodigallprodigal childe grieued, becauſe he had ſinned againſt his Father.
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them sad; and we know, that ordinary things denied, argue an extraordinarie perill. The prodigallprodigal sonne did walke his foure stations, and as Ambrose saith, hee had foure prouocations …
With rule
… them sad; and we know, that ordinary things denied, argue an extraordinarie perill. The prodigallprodigal sonne did walke his foure stations, and as Ambrose saith, hee had foure prouocations …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 636 · Open in the reader
Printed
The parable of the ProdigallProdigal Sonne, which was lost, yet reuiued agayne. Also of the lost Groate, and of …
With rule
The parable of the ProdigallProdigal Sonne, which was lost, yet reuiued agayne. Also of the lost Groate, and of …
Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… condemnation. Thus did Daniel; O Lord vnto vs belongeth open ſhame : Thus did the ProdigallProdigal, I am no more worthy to be called thy ſonne . Fiftly, thou muſt with …
With rule
… condemnation. Thus did Daniel; O Lord vnto vs belongeth open ſhame : Thus did the ProdigallProdigal, I am no more worthy to be called thy ſonne . Fiftly, thou muſt with …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tired with the labour, or wearied in the waies of ſinne. Thus did the ProdigallProdigal, I will goe vnto my father. Thus did Adulterous Iſrael, I will returne vnto …
With rule
… tired with the labour, or wearied in the waies of ſinne. Thus did the ProdigallProdigal, I will goe vnto my father. Thus did Adulterous Iſrael, I will returne vnto …
William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
The prodigallprodigal, that all so lavish spends,
With rule
The prodigallprodigal, that all so lavish spends,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his heate abated, and hee disabled from performing the taske of wickednesse. So the ProdigallProdigal, who hath spent his estate, hugs himselfe in his owne happinesse, that now hee …
With rule
… his heate abated, and hee disabled from performing the taske of wickednesse. So the ProdigallProdigal, who hath spent his estate, hugs himselfe in his owne happinesse, that now hee …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ordinances, and bleſſings ſpirituall and temporall, the fat Calfe muſt be killed for the ProdigallProdigal, a temporall bleſſing too muſt be had, but take that too as from God …
With rule
… Ordinances, and bleſſings ſpirituall and temporall, the fat Calfe muſt be killed for the ProdigallProdigal, a temporall bleſſing too muſt be had, but take that too as from God …
William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The True Convert A10929

Printed
THE TRVE CONVERT, OR AN EXPOSITION OF THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGALLPRODIGAL.
With rule
THE TRVE CONVERT, OR AN EXPOSITION OF THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGALLPRODIGAL.
Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
THE PRODIGALLPRODIGAL SONNE, AND THE PITTIFVLL FATHER.
With rule
THE PRODIGALLPRODIGAL SONNE, AND THE PITTIFVLL FATHER.
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · Open in the reader