Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6342 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

befalbefall

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 1,722 times in 696 works
Consistency: 99.8% (1,722 of 1,725)
Reach if approved: ~1,812 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: befall
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,725 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,722 changes in 696 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,722)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… we haue sinned, let vs do so no more, lest a worse thing do befalbefall vs, lest the Lord leaue vs to Satans power, euen to be smitten by …
With rule
… we haue sinned, let vs do so no more, lest a worse thing do befalbefall vs, lest the Lord leaue vs to Satans power, euen to be smitten by …
Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 352 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which God had giuen him, which was the land of Canaan. That which did befalbefall him in this place, was a greeuous temptation & triall, and ſhaking both of the …
With rule
… which God had giuen him, which was the land of Canaan. That which did befalbefall him in this place, was a greeuous temptation & triall, and ſhaking both of the …
Stephen Egerton · An Ordinary Lecture · Open in the reader
Printed
… almighty, that thou marrye sone thy three euyl doughters, least some worse happe thee befalbefall. Thou lyest hipocrite, quod the King: for daughter haue I none. Yes sayd the …
With rule
… almighty, that thou marrye sone thy three euyl doughters, least some worse happe thee befalbefall. Thou lyest hipocrite, quod the King: for daughter haue I none. Yes sayd the …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
Printed
… obiection is this. Violent & sudden death is a grieuous curse, & of all euills which befalbefall man in this life, none is so terrible: therefore it may seeme that the …
With rule
… obiection is this. Violent & sudden death is a grieuous curse, & of all euills which befalbefall man in this life, none is so terrible: therefore it may seeme that the …
William Perkins · A Salve for a Sick Man · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to any place, of danger, we must goe though we know not what may befalbefall vs there; when he commandeth vs a thing, that is both against nature of …
With rule
… to any place, of danger, we must goe though we know not what may befalbefall vs there; when he commandeth vs a thing, that is both against nature of …
Henry Ainsworth · The Communion of Saints · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the propagation from the Parents, vnleſſe by ſome ſingular benefit remiſſion of that fault befalbefall vnto it, which now before in the Parents themſelues it did commit: Againe, becauſe …
With rule
… the propagation from the Parents, vnleſſe by ſome ſingular benefit remiſſion of that fault befalbefall vnto it, which now before in the Parents themſelues it did commit: Againe, becauſe …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fetch flesh for the nourishing of his Seruant Elijah: Some tims also it wil befalbefall otherwise, that thewe alth of the sinner shall be laid vp for one worse …
With rule
… fetch flesh for the nourishing of his Seruant Elijah: Some tims also it wil befalbefall otherwise, that thewe alth of the sinner shall be laid vp for one worse …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… offendeth not if she runne thether with her hed vncouered. And it may somtyme befalbefall y^t it may be no lesse cōueniēt for her to speake, thā at an …
With rule
… offendeth not if she runne thether with her hed vncouered. And it may somtyme befalbefall y^t it may be no lesse cōueniēt for her to speake, thā at an …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 67 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
BefalBefall]
With rule
BefalBefall]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
is all one with BefalBefall, 1 Sam. 28. 10. Act. 20. 19. Seise upon, Prov. …. 21. Come to passe, Isa. 41. 22. Come upon, Rom. 11. 25. So it …
With rule
is all one with BefalBefall, 1 Sam. 28. 10. Act. 20. 19. Seise upon, Prov. …. 21. Come to passe, Isa. 41. 22. Come upon, Rom. 11. 25. So it …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 286 · Open in the reader