Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6473 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pitifullpitiful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 1,214 times in 576 works
Consistency: 97.9% (1,214 of 1,239)
Reach if approved: ~1,302 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pitiful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,239 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,214 changes in 576 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,214)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The deuils be as pitifullpitiful as a greédy hungrie lion that roareth after his pray, and as a fierce …
With rule
The deuils be as pitifullpitiful as a greédy hungrie lion that roareth after his pray, and as a fierce …
George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader
Printed
… the rich inlarging of Gods honour and kingdome. Many vsing few words, with a pitifullpitiful and sellow feeling affection, haue comforted afflicted consciences, instructed ignorant soules, throwne downe proud …
With rule
… the rich inlarging of Gods honour and kingdome. Many vsing few words, with a pitifullpitiful and sellow feeling affection, haue comforted afflicted consciences, instructed ignorant soules, throwne downe proud …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 270 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the sound of the trumpet, and the noise of the Drum; to heare the pitifullpitiful groanes of men, dying▪ and wallowing in their blood, or swouning in the streetes …
With rule
… the sound of the trumpet, and the noise of the Drum; to heare the pitifullpitiful groanes of men, dying▪ and wallowing in their blood, or swouning in the streetes …
Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the beſt thing wee can partake of? Then lamentable is the blindneſſe, and pitifullpitiful is the ignorance of the greateſt part of the world, who neither ſee their …
With rule
… is the beſt thing wee can partake of? Then lamentable is the blindneſſe, and pitifullpitiful is the ignorance of the greateſt part of the world, who neither ſee their …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſoone; as one might haue ſaid of Dorcas, alas ſo good a woman, ſo pitifullpitiful a creature can ill bee ſpared: But God in his wiſedome knoweth it to …
With rule
… ſoone; as one might haue ſaid of Dorcas, alas ſo good a woman, ſo pitifullpitiful a creature can ill bee ſpared: But God in his wiſedome knoweth it to …
Samuel Hieron · The Life and Death of Dorcas · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but there is a father, or a charet, or horſemen fallen, for which theſe pitifullpitiful exclamations are doubled: In the text, the whole matter of the lamentation fell under …
With rule
… but there is a father, or a charet, or horſemen fallen, for which theſe pitifullpitiful exclamations are doubled: In the text, the whole matter of the lamentation fell under …
George Hughes · The Saints Loss and Lamentation · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… amōgest the rest, he affirmeth woman to be a tendre creature, flexible, soft and pitifullpitiful: whiche nature, God hath geuē vnto her, that she may be apt to norishe …
With rule
… amōgest the rest, he affirmeth woman to be a tendre creature, flexible, soft and pitifullpitiful: whiche nature, God hath geuē vnto her, that she may be apt to norishe …
John Knox · The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women · Open in the reader
Printed
… is most lamentable, violently snatcheth the tender sucklyng, from the Mothers teat. ô, most pitifullpitiful, and plentifull are the teares, lamentations, & harthreakynges which hereof haue, and dayly do procéed …
With rule
… is most lamentable, violently snatcheth the tender sucklyng, from the Mothers teat. ô, most pitifullpitiful, and plentifull are the teares, lamentations, & harthreakynges which hereof haue, and dayly do procéed …
John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 are listed here. 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Titus A13535

Printed
… Lord will prouoke and iudge by such a foolish people as the Heathen were. PitifullPitiful is it to see the disorders of Christians, which would haue made the Heathens …
With rule
… Lord will prouoke and iudge by such a foolish people as the Heathen were. PitifullPitiful is it to see the disorders of Christians, which would haue made the Heathens …
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 240 · Open in the reader

A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 A17385

Printed
PitifullPitiful.] The word rendered PitifullPitiful, in the Originall signifies rightly bowelled, or such as have …
With rule
PitifullPitiful.] The word rendered PitifullPitiful, in the Originall signifies rightly bowelled, or such as have …
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 683 · Open in the reader
Printed
PitifullPitiful.] The word rendered PitifullPitiful, in the Originall signifies rightly bowelled, or such as have true or right bowels …
With rule
PitifullPitiful.] The word rendered PitifullPitiful, in the Originall signifies rightly bowelled, or such as have true or right bowels …
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 683 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
581. a 20.30. Looke Mercifull and PitifullPitiful.
With rule
581. a 20.30. Looke Mercifull and PitifullPitiful.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
581. a 20.30. Looke Mercifull & PitifullPitiful.
With rule
581. a 20.30. Looke Mercifull & PitifullPitiful.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
PitifullPitiful.
With rule
PitifullPitiful.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
An exhortation to be PitifullPitiful: reade the same.
With rule
An exhortation to be PitifullPitiful: reade the same.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
How a iudge when he vseth rigour must be PitifullPitiful.
With rule
How a iudge when he vseth rigour must be PitifullPitiful.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Sermons on Galatians A17706

Printed
¶ PitifullPitiful.
With rule
¶ PitifullPitiful.
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
After what maner the world would haue men to be PitifullPitiful 286. a. 1
With rule
After what maner the world would haue men to be PitifullPitiful 286. a. 1
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
II. A Dialogue between the Prodigall Son, and the PitifullPitiful Father, with Epigrams on that Parable alſo.
With rule
II. A Dialogue between the Prodigall Son, and the PitifullPitiful Father, with Epigrams on that Parable alſo.
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · Open in the reader
Printed
The PitifullPitiful Father.
With rule
The PitifullPitiful Father.
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

Printed
Vers. 8. PitifullPitiful] The Greek word signifies rightly bowelled, or such as have true or right bowells …
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Vers. 8. PitifullPitiful] The Greek word signifies rightly bowelled, or such as have true or right bowells …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 558 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
To be PitifullPitiful to the needie, is a token that wee are Gods children. 585. a 51.
With rule
To be PitifullPitiful to the needie, is a token that wee are Gods children. 585. a 51.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Prodigal A92856

Printed
1. To ſhew mercy to a Penitent, imports many things, v. g. PitifullPitiful Compaſſion, Acceptance into Grace and Favour, abundant Pardon, withdrawment of Wrath and Evil, collation …
With rule
1. To ſhew mercy to a Penitent, imports many things, v. g. PitifullPitiful Compaſſion, Acceptance into Grace and Favour, abundant Pardon, withdrawment of Wrath and Evil, collation …
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Parable of the Prodigal · p. 166 · Open in the reader

The Unsearchable Riches of Christ B02840

Printed
… great State and Triumph, when in the mean time he is a Poor naked PitifullPitiful and deſpicable creature, in the eyes of all that behold him. Fourthly, If we …
With rule
… great State and Triumph, when in the mean time he is a Poor naked PitifullPitiful and deſpicable creature, in the eyes of all that behold him. Fourthly, If we …
James Durham · The Unsearchable Riches of Christ · p. 155 · Open in the reader