Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6349 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

watchfullwatchful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 2,085 times in 880 works
Consistency: 99.9% (2,085 of 2,087)
Reach if approved: ~2,193 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: watchful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,087 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,085 changes in 880 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,085)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the gaining of Jerusalem, he little regarded it, nor came thither at all: A watchfullwatchful King, who never slept in his Kingdome.
With rule
… the gaining of Jerusalem, he little regarded it, nor came thither at all: A watchfullwatchful King, who never slept in his Kingdome.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a biſhoppe. The biſhop (ſayeth he) muſte be fautles, the huſbande of one wife, watchfullwatchful, ſobre, milde harberouſe, apt to teache, no drunckarde, no fighter, not deſirouſe of filthy …
With rule
… a biſhoppe. The biſhop (ſayeth he) muſte be fautles, the huſbande of one wife, watchfullwatchful, ſobre, milde harberouſe, apt to teache, no drunckarde, no fighter, not deſirouſe of filthy …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cci · Open in the reader
Printed
… muſt carry her ſelfe more ſoberly, more modeſtly, more inoffenſively, and muſt bee more watchfullwatchful in avoiding all temptations that might allure to that ſinne againe, ye and all …
With rule
… muſt carry her ſelfe more ſoberly, more modeſtly, more inoffenſively, and muſt bee more watchfullwatchful in avoiding all temptations that might allure to that ſinne againe, ye and all …
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and in body: and at this preſent wee heartily magnifie thy name for thy watchfullwatchful prouidence ouer vs this night, and for thy bleſſing vpon vs and ours, keeping …
With rule
… and in body: and at this preſent wee heartily magnifie thy name for thy watchfullwatchful prouidence ouer vs this night, and for thy bleſſing vpon vs and ours, keeping …
Henry Greenwood · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
Seuenthly, Faith is vigilant and watchfullwatchful at all times, in all places, vpon all occaſions againſt all ſins, with all …
With rule
Seuenthly, Faith is vigilant and watchfullwatchful at all times, in all places, vpon all occaſions againſt all ſins, with all …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord is more ſkilfull. What if he be vigilant? yet the Alſéeing is more watchfullwatchful. If you can call to God for aide againſt him, as Iehoſhaphat did againſt …
With rule
… Lord is more ſkilfull. What if he be vigilant? yet the Alſéeing is more watchfullwatchful. If you can call to God for aide againſt him, as Iehoſhaphat did againſt …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beſeeming our Saviour; the ſoule that thus entertaines him, is ſtudiouſly carefull, and marvellous watchfullwatchful, leſt it doe any thing that may grieve the Lord Jeſus, and diſcontent his …
With rule
… beſeeming our Saviour; the ſoule that thus entertaines him, is ſtudiouſly carefull, and marvellous watchfullwatchful, leſt it doe any thing that may grieve the Lord Jeſus, and diſcontent his …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 244 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to carnall ſecurity, it takes away true ſorrowe for ſinnes committed, as alſo the watchfullwatchful care of riſing vp from ſinne, and the feare of being hardned in ſinne …
With rule
… to carnall ſecurity, it takes away true ſorrowe for ſinnes committed, as alſo the watchfullwatchful care of riſing vp from ſinne, and the feare of being hardned in ſinne …
Daniel Featley · Pelagius Raked out of the Ashes by Arminius and his Scholars · 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.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

Printed
THE WATCHFULLWATCHFUL SENTINELL. A Sermon preached the fifth of November. THE LXI. SERMON.
With rule
THE WATCHFULLWATCHFUL SENTINELL. A Sermon preached the fifth of November. THE LXI. SERMON.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 814 · Open in the reader

The Cause Use Cure of Fear A96884

Printed
… to be now, as in all times, the ſervants of The LORD have been, WATCHFULLWATCHFUL. They are bold and fearleſſe, becauſe they make their watch ſtrong: They maintain a …
With rule
… to be now, as in all times, the ſervants of The LORD have been, WATCHFULLWATCHFUL. They are bold and fearleſſe, becauſe they make their watch ſtrong: They maintain a …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Cause Use Cure of Fear · p. 63 · Open in the reader