Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6324 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

especiallespecial

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 2,799 times in 931 works
Consistency: 99.3% (2,799 of 2,818)
Reach if approved: ~2,961 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: especial
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,818 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,799 changes in 931 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,799)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of oure ſynnes, For beſyde that it is impoſſible to folowe him (without an eſpeciallespecial worke of the ſpirite) either in that he faſted. xl. dayes or in that …
With rule
… of oure ſynnes, For beſyde that it is impoſſible to folowe him (without an eſpeciallespecial worke of the ſpirite) either in that he faſted. xl. dayes or in that …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxxvii · Open in the reader
Printed
… of temporall bleſſings. For bread in his moſt vſuall and proper acceptation ſignifieth an eſpeciallespecial kind of foode whereby our bodies are nouriſhed. Yet ſo as by a Synecdoche …
With rule
… of temporall bleſſings. For bread in his moſt vſuall and proper acceptation ſignifieth an eſpeciallespecial kind of foode whereby our bodies are nouriſhed. Yet ſo as by a Synecdoche …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of their trouble; and so draw out of them the confession of some seuerall especiallespecial, and secret, sinne; I say seuerall & secret sinne, because I know, how many (through …
With rule
… of their trouble; and so draw out of them the confession of some seuerall especiallespecial, and secret, sinne; I say seuerall & secret sinne, because I know, how many (through …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… odious for the hap thereof. Funcius sayth boldely that this was suffered by Gods especiallespecial prouidence, that this woman should be made Pope being also an harlot, euen then …
With rule
… odious for the hap thereof. Funcius sayth boldely that this was suffered by Gods especiallespecial prouidence, that this woman should be made Pope being also an harlot, euen then …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… may be thus hewen to our purpoſe. They upon whom God ſetteth ſuch an eſpeciallespecial affection in Chriſt, that hee maketh a covenant of peace, and entreth into a …
With rule
… may be thus hewen to our purpoſe. They upon whom God ſetteth ſuch an eſpeciallespecial affection in Chriſt, that hee maketh a covenant of peace, and entreth into a …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for that purpose: vvhich our … determination vvas misreported of to the Lorde Treasurer our especiallespecial and very good Lord, vvherevpon by … letters of the second of this moneth, he …
With rule
… for that purpose: vvhich our … determination vvas misreported of to the Lorde Treasurer our especiallespecial and very good Lord, vvherevpon by … letters of the second of this moneth, he …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee are taught that Christ his most hol… fleshe is dignified with …uch an especiallespecial est…te and condition, that it should alwayes continue free from all maner of …
With rule
… wee are taught that Christ his most hol… fleshe is dignified with …uch an especiallespecial est…te and condition, that it should alwayes continue free from all maner of …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… concluded his coming (thus hitting the mark) was guided by the hand of an especiallespecial providence.
With rule
… concluded his coming (thus hitting the mark) was guided by the hand of an especiallespecial providence.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 218 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Run from Rome A15736

Printed
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE EDWARD LORD DENNY OF WALTHAM, MY ESPECIALLESPECIAL GOOD LORD.
With rule
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE EDWARD LORD DENNY OF WALTHAM, MY ESPECIALLESPECIAL GOOD LORD.
Anthony Wotton · Run from Rome · Open in the reader

Sermons on Jonah A16485

Printed
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE MY VERY ESPEciallEspecial good Lord, Thomas Baron of Buckhurst, Lord high Treasurer of England, one of the …
With rule
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE MY VERY ESPEciallEspecial good Lord, Thomas Baron of Buckhurst, Lord high Treasurer of England, one of the …
Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Principal Scriptures Used in our English Liturgy A16547

Printed
… and how to speake, that their mout… may glorifie God, and edifie their brethren. EspeciallEspecial… Pastors to minister a word in time to the weary; so to tune their …
With rule
… and how to speake, that their mout… may glorifie God, and edifie their brethren. EspeciallEspecial… Pastors to minister a word in time to the weary; so to tune their …
John Boys · Exposition of the Principal Scriptures Used in our English Liturgy · p. 12 · Open in the reader

The Gentile Sinner A39252

Printed
… as his lot or Inheritance, but as his choise and purchase. He has an EspeciallEspecial care that his Honour and his Person may both live and Grow up, but …
With rule
… as his lot or Inheritance, but as his choise and purchase. He has an EspeciallEspecial care that his Honour and his Person may both live and Grow up, but …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 105 · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

Printed
EspeciallEspecial notice of him; and then sent
With rule
EspeciallEspecial notice of him; and then sent
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 413 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 A65748

Printed
4. Obſerve, Eminent and Extraordinary Works of God, require of Men, more EſpeciallEspecial and Extraordinary obſervation of them.
With rule
4. Obſerve, Eminent and Extraordinary Works of God, require of Men, more EſpeciallEspecial and Extraordinary obſervation of them.
John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. An EſpeciallEspecial means of preſerving and encreaſing of Religion, being, as it were, the Mart-Day …
With rule
2. An EſpeciallEspecial means of preſerving and encreaſing of Religion, being, as it were, the Mart-Day …
John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Prospering Profaneness Provoking Holy Conference A80845

Printed
2. EſpeciallEspecial favour is every way conſiſtent with the utmoſt of external, and preſent afflictions: the …
With rule
2. EſpeciallEspecial favour is every way conſiſtent with the utmoſt of external, and preſent afflictions: the …
Zachary Crofton · Prospering Profaneness Provoking Holy Conference · p. 383 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. EſpeciallEspecial acceptance of the godly and the holy exerciſe in times of proſpering prophaneneſſe doth …
With rule
3. EſpeciallEspecial acceptance of the godly and the holy exerciſe in times of proſpering prophaneneſſe doth …
Zachary Crofton · Prospering Profaneness Provoking Holy Conference · p. 385 · Open in the reader

Gods Presence with a People the Spring of their Prosperity A90268

Printed
… glory of the Lord is ſaid to appeare in the Temple; and as his EſpeciallEspecial preſence departed from the Temple, and the Citie, ſo the glory by ſeverall degrees …
With rule
… glory of the Lord is ſaid to appeare in the Temple; and as his EſpeciallEspecial preſence departed from the Temple, and the Citie, ſo the glory by ſeverall degrees …
John Owen · Gods Presence with a People the Spring of their Prosperity · p. 22 · Open in the reader

A Sum of Moral Philosophy B15223

Printed
2 EspeciallEspecial, to some as
With rule
2 EspeciallEspecial, to some as
William Pemble · A Sum of Moral Philosophy · p. 71 · Open in the reader