Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6446 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

becommingbecoming

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 842 times in 508 works
Consistency: 99.2% (842 of 848)
Reach if approved: ~891 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: becoming
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 848 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (842 changes in 508 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 842)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Paul commends this glorying in the crosse of Christ, and studie of pietie, in becommingbecoming a new creature, as the onely rule of faith and manners, which all teachers …
With rule
… Paul commends this glorying in the crosse of Christ, and studie of pietie, in becommingbecoming a new creature, as the onely rule of faith and manners, which all teachers …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 641 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there left for dead, till by the prayer of ONIAS the high Priest, he becommingbecoming penitent, was restored to his health. And being returned to his Maister, the king …
With rule
… there left for dead, till by the prayer of ONIAS the high Priest, he becommingbecoming penitent, was restored to his health. And being returned to his Maister, the king …
Robert Pont · Against Sacrilege · Open in the reader
Printed
… as this grosse fellow peraduenture may of Christ basely and vnworthily imagine) but by becommingbecoming vndiscernable by them; as he became also inuisible and impalpable to the Nazarites holding …
With rule
… as this grosse fellow peraduenture may of Christ basely and vnworthily imagine) but by becommingbecoming vndiscernable by them; as he became also inuisible and impalpable to the Nazarites holding …
Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… exaltation. Now hee comforts them as a haven the Mariner after a long ſtorm, becommingbecoming to them a place of refuge, and a covert from the ſtorm and from …
With rule
… exaltation. Now hee comforts them as a haven the Mariner after a long ſtorm, becommingbecoming to them a place of refuge, and a covert from the ſtorm and from …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 154 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and place the Romane Empire again in its former ſeate, as hee alſo did, becommingbecoming iuſt then an earthly Monarch, namely, in the yeare of Chriſt 755. Saint Iohn writing …
With rule
… and place the Romane Empire again in its former ſeate, as hee alſo did, becommingbecoming iuſt then an earthly Monarch, namely, in the yeare of Chriſt 755. Saint Iohn writing …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our revolt from God, and fettered our Nature, insomuch, that the minde of man, becommingbecoming destitute of its former sanctimony, neither would, nor could command the sensitive power, unlesse …
With rule
… our revolt from God, and fettered our Nature, insomuch, that the minde of man, becommingbecoming destitute of its former sanctimony, neither would, nor could command the sensitive power, unlesse …
William Loe · The Incomparable Jewel · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… who become nets and snares vnto one another vpon all occasions. In base couetousnesse, becommingbecoming Apes, Lyons, fawning Dogges, and Deuils, and all for money; in Malice, becommingbecoming Romish …
With rule
… who become nets and snares vnto one another vpon all occasions. In base couetousnesse, becommingbecoming Apes, Lyons, fawning Dogges, and Deuils, and all for money; in Malice, becommingbecoming Romish …
William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their ſorrowes are at an end, and no more to be heard on, they becommingbecoming as bad as euer before, without any amendment to be ſeene, but with the …
With rule
… their ſorrowes are at an end, and no more to be heard on, they becommingbecoming as bad as euer before, without any amendment to be ſeene, but with the …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 278 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

Printed
… to greater ſtrength and perfection of knowledge. Secondly, in things indifferent, yeeld of right, BecommingBecoming all things to all men, that by all meanes we may winne ſome.
With rule
… to greater ſtrength and perfection of knowledge. Secondly, in things indifferent, yeeld of right, BecommingBecoming all things to all men, that by all meanes we may winne ſome.
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 484 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
BecommingBecoming rich, hard-hearted grow to be.
With rule
BecommingBecoming rich, hard-hearted grow to be.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 68 · Open in the reader

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 A27613

Printed
… without Hands, that is, by a High, divine, ſupernatural power; ſmiting the Image, and BecommingBecoming a Mountain, that ſhall Fill the whole Earth. And in the days or Their …
With rule
… without Hands, that is, by a High, divine, ſupernatural power; ſmiting the Image, and BecommingBecoming a Mountain, that ſhall Fill the whole Earth. And in the days or Their …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 18 · Open in the reader