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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6314 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

painfullpainful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
2,417 times in 1,021 works
Consistency
98.7% (2,417 of 2,448)
Reach if approved
~2,572 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: painful
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,448 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,417 changes in 1,021 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,417)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and Sacraments, thou that art Lord of the harueſt, thruſt forth many faithfull, and painfullpainful labourers, that may féede thy people, with knowledge and vnderſtanding. And giue to all …
    With rule
    … and Sacraments, thou that art Lord of the harueſt, thruſt forth many faithfull, and painfullpainful labourers, that may féede thy people, with knowledge and vnderſtanding. And giue to all …

    Thomas Granger · The Blind Mans Sermon · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Wee are diſtreſſed for thee, O holy, and godly Paſtor, O zealous and and painfullpainful Miniſter, very pleaſant haſt thou beene to us, thy love to us was wonderfull …
    With rule
    … Wee are diſtreſſed for thee, O holy, and godly Paſtor, O zealous and and painfullpainful Miniſter, very pleaſant haſt thou beene to us, thy love to us was wonderfull …

    Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … with the sense of their emptinesse. Hunger (thinke the same of thirst) is a painfullpainful affection, and forceth complaints: as in a child that's hungry, as in a man …
    With rule
    … with the sense of their emptinesse. Hunger (thinke the same of thirst) is a painfullpainful affection, and forceth complaints: as in a child that's hungry, as in a man …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … periſh I periſh. Heere is that true eſtate of a man labouring in this painfullpainful buſineſſe of applying Chriſt. Firſt he is toſſed long on the waues of much …
    With rule
    … periſh I periſh. Heere is that true eſtate of a man labouring in this painfullpainful buſineſſe of applying Chriſt. Firſt he is toſſed long on the waues of much …

    Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … in body, peace of conſcience, our life in thy church, our gratious Gouernours, our painfullpainful Preachers, our chriſtian friends, our deſire to pleaſe thee; and that wee haue the …
    With rule
    … in body, peace of conſcience, our life in thy church, our gratious Gouernours, our painfullpainful Preachers, our chriſtian friends, our deſire to pleaſe thee; and that wee haue the …

    Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … attending upon the Word, becauſe it is his delight, and hee will bee marvellous painfullpainful to get the Word; for a man will doe any thing to get his …
    With rule
    … attending upon the Word, becauſe it is his delight, and hee will bee marvellous painfullpainful to get the Word; for a man will doe any thing to get his …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 468 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Bring thousand painfullpainful deaths, and thousand deadly pains.
    With rule
    Bring thousand painfullpainful deaths, and thousand deadly pains.

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 157 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … memory, before the light of the Gospell did shine openly, we saw no such painfullpainful penaunce commonly, but v. ladyes psalters, v. pater nosters, v. pence to v. poore …
    With rule
    … memory, before the light of the Gospell did shine openly, we saw no such painfullpainful penaunce commonly, but v. ladyes psalters, v. pater nosters, v. pence to v. poore …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (31)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 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
    … so the yonger, is the lesser. See Gen. 27. 1. By interpretation, Leah signifieth Labourious, or PainfullPainful: and Rachel an Ewe or Sheepe.
    With rule
    … so the yonger, is the lesser. See Gen. 27. 1. By interpretation, Leah signifieth Labourious, or PainfullPainful: and Rachel an Ewe or Sheepe.

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    PAinfullPainful iniquity, why so called, Psal. 5. 6.
    With rule
    PAinfullPainful iniquity, why so called, Psal. 5. 6.

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

  • Printed
    … people, a Minister should shew his zeale, for his people, by praying for them. 2 PainfullPainful preaching to them, in season and out of season. 3 By protecting them against the …
    With rule
    … people, a Minister should shew his zeale, for his people, by praying for them. 2 PainfullPainful preaching to them, in season and out of season. 3 By protecting them against the …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 193 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

  • Printed
    as the torment of a scorpion] PainfullPainful till death, or cure by liberty, v. 3. Or, if they did not kill them …
    With rule
    as the torment of a scorpion] PainfullPainful till death, or cure by liberty, v. 3. Or, if they did not kill them …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Conscience A40653

  • Printed
    PainfullPainful, but in different degrees. The Blessed Virgin Mary (most hold) was deliver'd without any …
    With rule
    PainfullPainful, but in different degrees. The Blessed Virgin Mary (most hold) was deliver'd without any …

    Thomas Fuller · The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Conscience · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    2. PainfullPainful life, one famous for his twelve labours, the other for his twelve victories against …
    With rule
    2. PainfullPainful life, one famous for his twelve labours, the other for his twelve victories against …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 201 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Hales-Abbey in Gloucester-shire. After the dissolution of his Convent he became a PainfullPainful and Profitable Preacher. He suited the Pulpit with Sermons for all seasons, having his …
    With rule
    … Hales-Abbey in Gloucester-shire. After the dissolution of his Convent he became a PainfullPainful and Profitable Preacher. He suited the Pulpit with Sermons for all seasons, having his …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Holy State A40674

  • Printed
    PainfullPainful, pious, and peaceable Ministers are his principall Favourites. If he meets them in his …
    With rule
    PainfullPainful, pious, and peaceable Ministers are his principall Favourites. If he meets them in his …

    Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 278 · Open in the reader

A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine A40681

  • Printed
    … kindred which invited Saul to succour this City, when Naash the Ammonite besieged it. PainfullPainful and shamefull were the conditions of Peace which Naash offered them, namely if he …
    With rule
    … kindred which invited Saul to succour this City, when Naash the Ammonite besieged it. PainfullPainful and shamefull were the conditions of Peace which Naash offered them, namely if he …

    Thomas Fuller · A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine · p. 81 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    PainfullPainful,
    With rule
    PainfullPainful,

    Thomas Fuller · A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Nine Sermons A41140

  • Printed
    … OR, Examination required of every COMMUNICANT. In a SERMON preached, By that Vigilant and PainfullPainful Miniſter of the Word, WILLIAM FENNER, B. D. Sometimes Fellow of Pembroke Hall in …
    With rule
    … OR, Examination required of every COMMUNICANT. In a SERMON preached, By that Vigilant and PainfullPainful Miniſter of the Word, WILLIAM FENNER, B. D. Sometimes Fellow of Pembroke Hall in …

    William Fenner · Twenty-Nine Sermons · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

  • Printed
    … hath been extant in the Church of Christ. The Lord give the Pious and PainfullPainful Pen-man of it the Returne of his Holy labours herein, in the Prayers …
    With rule
    … hath been extant in the Church of Christ. The Lord give the Pious and PainfullPainful Pen-man of it the Returne of his Holy labours herein, in the Prayers …

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … into resolutions and actions; blow till the spark become a flame. This stirring is PainfullPainful, but Gainfull; drowsy, dead, formall professors lose all, when the active, stirring Christian, goes …
    With rule
    … into resolutions and actions; blow till the spark become a flame. This stirring is PainfullPainful, but Gainfull; drowsy, dead, formall professors lose all, when the active, stirring Christian, goes …

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 133 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    … ſuch as had all theſe Aggravations, the moſt Accurſed, the moſt Shamefull, the moſt PainfullPainful, moſt Lingring, and the moſt Open and Expoſed Death.
    With rule
    … ſuch as had all theſe Aggravations, the moſt Accurſed, the moſt Shamefull, the moſt PainfullPainful, moſt Lingring, and the moſt Open and Expoſed Death.

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 226 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Remark 3. The moſt PainfullPainful and Dolorous Death: This muſt be ſo, becauſe he was 1. Sore Racked, when his …
    With rule
    Remark 3. The moſt PainfullPainful and Dolorous Death: This muſt be ſo, becauſe he was 1. Sore Racked, when his …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 227 · Open in the reader

Memorials of Godliness and Christianity A55005

  • Printed
    … have a brief Epitome, of the Life of that Reverend, Learned, Laborious, Pious, and PainfullPainful Divine, who is the Author of this ſmall, (yet ſweet and precious) Treatiſe; from …
    With rule
    … have a brief Epitome, of the Life of that Reverend, Learned, Laborious, Pious, and PainfullPainful Divine, who is the Author of this ſmall, (yet ſweet and precious) Treatiſe; from …

    Herbert Palmer · Memorials of Godliness and Christianity · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    PainfullPainful, or waried. The eldest daughter of …, Gen. 29. 16.
    With rule
    PainfullPainful, or waried. The eldest daughter of …, Gen. 29. 16.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 370 · Open in the reader

Christian Concord A74901

  • Printed
    … do now. For their third Plot is to get down the Learned, Judicious, Godly, PainfullPainful Ministers; at least to take away their publique Maintenance; and then they know how …
    With rule
    … do now. For their third Plot is to get down the Learned, Judicious, Godly, PainfullPainful Ministers; at least to take away their publique Maintenance; and then they know how …

    Richard Baxter · Christian Concord · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Confession of His Faith A76156

  • Printed
    … Sermon, a Learned and pious Piece, Preached at the Funerall of that Faithfull and PainfullPainful Servant of Christ Dr Hill, now at length Printed: The loss of whom and …
    With rule
    … Sermon, a Learned and pious Piece, Preached at the Funerall of that Faithfull and PainfullPainful Servant of Christ Dr Hill, now at length Printed: The loss of whom and …

    Richard Baxter · Confession of His Faith · Open in the reader

The Healing of Israels Breaches A77502

  • Printed
    … experience will furniſh me with.) Let them firſt be blameleſſe in their lives. Secondly, PainfullPainful in their Callings. Thirdly, Meek and wiſe in their carriage. I will but touch …
    With rule
    … experience will furniſh me with.) Let them firſt be blameleſſe in their lives. Secondly, PainfullPainful in their Callings. Thirdly, Meek and wiſe in their carriage. I will but touch …

    John Brinsley · The Healing of Israels Breaches · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    2. Being Blameleſſe in their Lives, let them (in the 2d place) be PainfullPainful in their Callings, watching over their flocks, Feeding them, Warning them, not turning over …
    With rule
    2. Being Blameleſſe in their Lives, let them (in the 2d place) be PainfullPainful in their Callings, watching over their flocks, Feeding them, Warning them, not turning over …

    John Brinsley · The Healing of Israels Breaches · p. 97 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A77515

  • Printed
    … painfullpainful death. Such was the death of Jeſus Chriſt, a dolorous and painfullpainful death: PainfullPainful in his body. The Jewes and Romanes had many kinds of death: Amongſt all …
    With rule
    … painfullpainful death. Such was the death of Jeſus Chriſt, a dolorous and painfullpainful death: PainfullPainful in his body. The Jewes and Romanes had many kinds of death: Amongſt all …

    John Brinsley · Two Treatises · p. 108 · Open in the reader