Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6427 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

affraidafraid

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 1,623 times in 690 works
Consistency: 99.4% (1,623 of 1,632)
Reach if approved: ~1,715 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: afraid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,632 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,623 changes in 690 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,623)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſet his heart on the world, which hee loved too much, grew aſhamed, and affraidafraid to confeſſe Chriſt.
With rule
… ſet his heart on the world, which hee loved too much, grew aſhamed, and affraidafraid to confeſſe Chriſt.
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to him, yet he loues God, and desireth to please, and honour him, is affraidafraid to doe any thing that might offend him. Psalme 44. 18, 19. Our heart is not turned …
With rule
… to him, yet he loues God, and desireth to please, and honour him, is affraidafraid to doe any thing that might offend him. Psalme 44. 18, 19. Our heart is not turned …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 346 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fall vpon the net without any feare, but one or two alone wil be affraidafraid. Euen so the example of many sin companions do imbolden men to run through …
With rule
… fall vpon the net without any feare, but one or two alone wil be affraidafraid. Euen so the example of many sin companions do imbolden men to run through …
William King · The Strait Gate to Heaven · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lay in one Chamber, hee told him laughinglie, how he had made the Bishop affraidafraid to strike him: that night his Wife, his Sonne Thomas, and his man Iohn …
With rule
… lay in one Chamber, hee told him laughinglie, how he had made the Bishop affraidafraid to strike him: that night his Wife, his Sonne Thomas, and his man Iohn …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 258 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and were fallen from iustification by the obedience of Christ: so as Paul was affraidafraid of them, Chap. 4. and yet he called them churches still vsing great meekenes & moderatiō …
With rule
… and were fallen from iustification by the obedience of Christ: so as Paul was affraidafraid of them, Chap. 4. and yet he called them churches still vsing great meekenes & moderatiō …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to strive if there were any hope of doing any good: but I am affraidafraid I shall be overcome, and therefore as good yeeld at the first, as at …
With rule
… to strive if there were any hope of doing any good: but I am affraidafraid I shall be overcome, and therefore as good yeeld at the first, as at …
John Preston · The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
… When Iosephs brethren, out of malice, had fold him into Egypt, and afterward were affraidafraid he would remember it, what construction makes hee of it? God sent me hither …
With rule
… When Iosephs brethren, out of malice, had fold him into Egypt, and afterward were affraidafraid he would remember it, what construction makes hee of it? God sent me hither …
John Rogers · A Treatise of Love · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou truſt: his truth ſhall be thy ſhield and buckler. Thou ſhalt not be affraidafraid for the terrour by night: nor for the arrow that flyeth by day: nor …
With rule
… thou truſt: his truth ſhall be thy ſhield and buckler. Thou ſhalt not be affraidafraid for the terrour by night: nor for the arrow that flyeth by day: nor …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 74 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

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

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
AffraidAfraid to ſhew her face, th' Almighty did
With rule
AffraidAfraid to ſhew her face, th' Almighty did
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 162 · Open in the reader

The Fountain of Life A39663

Printed
… their Graves by their Relations, and Friends. The Disciples were all scattered from him. AffraidAfraid to owne him dying, and dead.
With rule
… their Graves by their Relations, and Friends. The Disciples were all scattered from him. AffraidAfraid to owne him dying, and dead.
John Flavel · The Fountain of Life · p. 509 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
AffraidAfraid, being naked, hid my self. To whom
With rule
AffraidAfraid, being naked, hid my self. To whom
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Plea for the Non-Conformists A69915

Printed
… dare Loudly to condemn what you are pleaſed to Protect, they will be juſtly AffraidAfraid of Quarrelling with me, when they know I have Engaged you on my ſide.
With rule
… dare Loudly to condemn what you are pleaſed to Protect, they will be juſtly AffraidAfraid of Quarrelling with me, when they know I have Engaged you on my ſide.
Thomas De Laune · A Plea for the Non-Conformists · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you, when they know you have Engaged him on your ſide. That ſame word [AffraidAfraid] denotes a Championlike Courage in you; that no body ſhould dare to come near …
With rule
… you, when they know you have Engaged him on your ſide. That ſame word [AffraidAfraid] denotes a Championlike Courage in you; that no body ſhould dare to come near …
Thomas De Laune · A Plea for the Non-Conformists · p. 17 · Open in the reader

The Glass of Gods Providence A70812

Printed
… withall, how ill GOD takes it at His Servants hand, when they are baſely AffraidAfraid of men, Iſai. 51. 12, 13. I even I am He that Comforteth you, who art thou …
With rule
… withall, how ill GOD takes it at His Servants hand, when they are baſely AffraidAfraid of men, Iſai. 51. 12, 13. I even I am He that Comforteth you, who art thou …
Herbert Palmer · The Glass of Gods Providence · p. 58 · Open in the reader

The Lords Voice Crying out to His People N01456

Printed
… Beds Remov'd into Places, where lodged bigger Perſons; but even up-grown Perſons were AffraidAfraid, in the Day Time, to go into a Room alone far Diſtant from the …
With rule
… Beds Remov'd into Places, where lodged bigger Perſons; but even up-grown Perſons were AffraidAfraid, in the Day Time, to go into a Room alone far Diſtant from the …
Nathaniel Clap · The Lords Voice Crying out to His People · p. 70 · Open in the reader