Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6406 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

delightfulldelightful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 1,797 times in 670 works
Consistency: 98.3% (1,797 of 1,828)
Reach if approved: ~1,921 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: delightful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,828 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,797 changes in 670 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,797)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… we may obtayne all thinges, in whoſe eyes we are moſt deare, and euen delightfulldelightful. Thinke in thy minde of a moſt perfect friend, which hath fulfilled all the …
With rule
… we may obtayne all thinges, in whoſe eyes we are moſt deare, and euen delightfulldelightful. Thinke in thy minde of a moſt perfect friend, which hath fulfilled all the …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. In bounty, to ſupply all thoſe good things that may bee delightfulldelightful or uſefull to us.
With rule
2. In bounty, to ſupply all thoſe good things that may bee delightfulldelightful or uſefull to us.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 545 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this subjection. Rom. 8. 7. If God commaund any thing, be it never so easie or delightfulldelightful, it is hated: so the Sabboth: but what he forbids, be it never so …
With rule
… this subjection. Rom. 8. 7. If God commaund any thing, be it never so easie or delightfulldelightful, it is hated: so the Sabboth: but what he forbids, be it never so …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaluation is Chriſt, whoſe owne moſt ſacred hands leade vs to this ſweete and delightfulldelightful feaſt.
With rule
… ſaluation is Chriſt, whoſe owne moſt ſacred hands leade vs to this ſweete and delightfulldelightful feaſt.
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… together in one place, which meeting even of their bodies is a thing most delightfulldelightful unto God, in the next verse, For where two or three are gathered together …
With rule
… together in one place, which meeting even of their bodies is a thing most delightfulldelightful unto God, in the next verse, For where two or three are gathered together …
Walter Balcanquhall · The Honor of Christian Churches · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be spent: As for so much as expecting what person should succeed her, so delightfulldelightful a thing it was to him, to see the end of her daies, as …
With rule
… be spent: As for so much as expecting what person should succeed her, so delightfulldelightful a thing it was to him, to see the end of her daies, as …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… though they ſomwhat moleſt the minde, yet in truth they are moſt pleaſing and delightfulldelightful to good men, not tedious, much leſſe painfull vnto death. Therefore you do very …
With rule
… though they ſomwhat moleſt the minde, yet in truth they are moſt pleaſing and delightfulldelightful to good men, not tedious, much leſſe painfull vnto death. Therefore you do very …
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ioy in the minde, as the concord of well compounded diſcords begetteth a moſt delightfulldelightful harmonie, in which the eare ioyeth and triumpheth. Secondly, It commeth from Chriſts death …
With rule
… ioy in the minde, as the concord of well compounded diſcords begetteth a moſt delightfulldelightful harmonie, in which the eare ioyeth and triumpheth. Secondly, It commeth from Chriſts death …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (31)

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

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

Printed
… is never afflicted to the Quick, but when hee is punish'd in his most DelightfullDelightful Affections, of all which the most predominant in Rationall men is this of Knowledge.
With rule
… is never afflicted to the Quick, but when hee is punish'd in his most DelightfullDelightful Affections, of all which the most predominant in Rationall men is this of Knowledge.
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 447 · Open in the reader

The Returning Backslider A12190

Printed
DelightfullDelightful both to God and holy bleſſed ſpirits, likewiſe to the Church, and to the …
With rule
DelightfullDelightful both to God and holy bleſſed ſpirits, likewiſe to the Church, and to the …
Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 294 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may ſee at large prooved. Pſalme. 19.7, &c. Where whatſoever is Good, Comfortable, Profitable, or DelightfullDelightful, either for this life or the life to come is all to bee had …
With rule
… may ſee at large prooved. Pſalme. 19.7, &c. Where whatſoever is Good, Comfortable, Profitable, or DelightfullDelightful, either for this life or the life to come is all to bee had …
Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 445 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

Printed
… wilde, vnthriftie, and vngodly, becommeth modeſt, thriftie, and religous: Euen ſo it is a DelightfullDelightful and acceptable thing to God, when any ſinner is conuerted from his wicked and …
With rule
… wilde, vnthriftie, and vngodly, becommeth modeſt, thriftie, and religous: Euen ſo it is a DelightfullDelightful and acceptable thing to God, when any ſinner is conuerted from his wicked and …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 232 · Open in the reader

Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral A21266

Printed
Obiection. DelightfullDelightful remembrances of euill in the time of sleepe, as delightfulldelightful Dreames of euill cannot …
With rule
Obiection. DelightfullDelightful remembrances of euill in the time of sleepe, as delightfulldelightful Dreames of euill cannot …
Edward Elton · Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral · p. 377 · Open in the reader

The Right Method for a Settled Peace of Conscience A27009

Printed
… in quietneſs and peace of minde, and ſome Joy in the holy Ghoſt, and DelightfullDelightful thoughts of my everlaſting Reſt; and gives me a Confidence in God, and Acceſs …
With rule
… in quietneſs and peace of minde, and ſome Joy in the holy Ghoſt, and DelightfullDelightful thoughts of my everlaſting Reſt; and gives me a Confidence in God, and Acceſs …
Richard Baxter · The Right Method for a Settled Peace of Conscience · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Abundance of all things, as ſome are; whether Honors, Car…al Pleaſures, Sports, DelightfullDelightful Meats, Drinks, Beauty, and ſuch vanities might not carry me away, as I ſee …
With rule
… and Abundance of all things, as ſome are; whether Honors, Car…al Pleaſures, Sports, DelightfullDelightful Meats, Drinks, Beauty, and ſuch vanities might not carry me away, as I ſee …
Richard Baxter · The Right Method for a Settled Peace of Conscience · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any further Aſſurance, a Chriſtian may live in much Peace and Comfort, and in DelightfullDelightful, Deſirous thoughts of the Glory to come: And therefore the next work which you …
With rule
… any further Aſſurance, a Chriſtian may live in much Peace and Comfort, and in DelightfullDelightful, Deſirous thoughts of the Glory to come: And therefore the next work which you …
Richard Baxter · The Right Method for a Settled Peace of Conscience · p. 170 · Open in the reader

The Necessity and Reward of a Willing Mind A30696

Printed
… only conſtrain us to Obedience, but will make it more or leſs Eaſy and DelightfullDelightful: Moſt things are to us as we ſtand affected to them, and therefore that …
With rule
… only conſtrain us to Obedience, but will make it more or leſs Eaſy and DelightfullDelightful: Moſt things are to us as we ſtand affected to them, and therefore that …
John Bush · The Necessity and Reward of a Willing Mind · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Excellency of Christ A46734

Printed
2. DelightfullDelightful in his gracious Titles, for firſt, he is ſtiled the Light of men, Iohn …
With rule
2. DelightfullDelightful in his gracious Titles, for firſt, he is ſtiled the Light of men, Iohn …
Christopher Jelinger · The Excellency of Christ · p. 89 · Open in the reader

The Usefulness and Excellency of Christ A46739

Printed
2. DelightfullDelightful in his gracious Titles, for first, he is stiled the Light of men, Iohn …
With rule
2. DelightfullDelightful in his gracious Titles, for first, he is stiled the Light of men, Iohn …
Christopher Jelinger · The Usefulness and Excellency of Christ · p. 89 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 A65748

Printed
… for this cauſe God ſingles out a Tree, as Beautifull to the Eye, as DelightfullDelightful in Taſte, and good for Food, as any of the reſt; And forbids the …
With rule
… for this cauſe God ſingles out a Tree, as Beautifull to the Eye, as DelightfullDelightful in Taſte, and good for Food, as any of the reſt; And forbids the …
John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 68 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
DelightfullDelightful pleasant meat, Gen. 27. 4, 9, 14, 17, 31.
With rule
DelightfullDelightful pleasant meat, Gen. 27. 4, 9, 14, 17, 31.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 557 · Open in the reader

Good News from New England A85356

Printed
DElightfullDelightful to the eye did lye the woods and medowes greene,
With rule
DElightfullDelightful to the eye did lye the woods and medowes greene,
Edward Winslow · Good News from New England · p. 9 · Open in the reader

The Valley of Vision A86450

Printed
DelightfullDelightful
With rule
DelightfullDelightful
Richard Holdsworth · The Valley of Vision · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
… Nature and Quality of ROCKES; a barren and harſh Soyle, yet a Fruitfull, and DelightfullDelightful ſubject of Meditation.
With rule
… Nature and Quality of ROCKES; a barren and harſh Soyle, yet a Fruitfull, and DelightfullDelightful ſubject of Meditation.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · Open in the reader
Printed
… Nature and Qualities of Rockes; a Barren and Harſh Soyle, yet a Fruitfull and DelightfullDelightful Subject of Meditation.
With rule
… Nature and Qualities of Rockes; a Barren and Harſh Soyle, yet a Fruitfull and DelightfullDelightful Subject of Meditation.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Song of Solomon A91908

Printed
1. DelightfullDelightful to Saints 238.
With rule
1. DelightfullDelightful to Saints 238.
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · Open in the reader
Printed
2. DelightfullDelightful to him ibid.
With rule
2. DelightfullDelightful to him ibid.
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
DelightfullDelightful Calmes within my heart did finde,
With rule
DelightfullDelightful Calmes within my heart did finde,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 17 · Open in the reader