Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6478 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

foolishnesfoolishness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 714 times in 324 works
Consistency: 97.6% (714 of 731)
Reach if approved: ~768 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: foolishness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 731 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (714 changes in 324 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 714)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… God, and Cuilibet artifici credendum est in sua arte, what wisedome it selfe counts foolishnesfoolishness, is folly to purpose▪ her wealth is as small, as either what the world …
With rule
… God, and Cuilibet artifici credendum est in sua arte, what wisedome it selfe counts foolishnesfoolishness, is folly to purpose▪ her wealth is as small, as either what the world …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which is necessarie, etc. This bewrayeth your shallownes, the wisedome of the flesh is foolishnesfoolishness with God: who hath searched the depth of Gods spirit, or knowne the minde …
With rule
… which is necessarie, etc. This bewrayeth your shallownes, the wisedome of the flesh is foolishnesfoolishness with God: who hath searched the depth of Gods spirit, or knowne the minde …
John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dexteritie: but when he commeth to ſpirituall things, he is cleane blunted, They are fooliſhnesfoolishness vnto him, neither can he know them. It is with the Eyes of his …
With rule
… dexteritie: but when he commeth to ſpirituall things, he is cleane blunted, They are fooliſhnesfoolishness vnto him, neither can he know them. It is with the Eyes of his …
Samuel Hieron · Truths Purchase · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvhich ſaith: Though thou bray a foole in a morter yet will not his fooliſhnesfoolishness depart from him. Prov. 27, 22. And the Lavv vvorketh vvrath, (ſaith the Apoſtle) and increaſeth …
With rule
… vvhich ſaith: Though thou bray a foole in a morter yet will not his fooliſhnesfoolishness depart from him. Prov. 27, 22. And the Lavv vvorketh vvrath, (ſaith the Apoſtle) and increaſeth …
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
… think that this day is ordeyned only for feastyng, drinking, or gaming, or such foolishnesfoolishness, but they be much deceiued: this daye was apointed of god, that we should …
With rule
… think that this day is ordeyned only for feastyng, drinking, or gaming, or such foolishnesfoolishness, but they be much deceiued: this daye was apointed of god, that we should …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… selues: our deare mother the holie Church of Rome doeth esteeme it for a foolishnesfoolishness, vntowardnesse, and blasphemie against God, that Christ onelie should be our wisedome, our righteousnes …
With rule
… selues: our deare mother the holie Church of Rome doeth esteeme it for a foolishnesfoolishness, vntowardnesse, and blasphemie against God, that Christ onelie should be our wisedome, our righteousnes …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… loue darkneſſe more then light: ſo God ſhoulde giue vs ouer to our owne fooliſhnesfoolishness, by withholding his bleſsing and peace among his Miniſters. For the wicked Papiſtes and …
With rule
… loue darkneſſe more then light: ſo God ſhoulde giue vs ouer to our owne fooliſhnesfoolishness, by withholding his bleſsing and peace among his Miniſters. For the wicked Papiſtes and …
Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
[Prou. 22.15. The fooliſhnesfoolishness which is bound vnto the hart of a Childe, the rodde of inſtruction will …
With rule
[Prou. 22.15. The fooliſhnesfoolishness which is bound vnto the hart of a Childe, the rodde of inſtruction will …
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

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

Truths Purchase A03311

Printed
… done it by Canon-ſhot; ſo it is more for Gods glorie, by the FooliſhnesFoolishness of Preaching to ſaue thoſe that beleeue, then if an Angel ſhould deſcend from …
With rule
… done it by Canon-ſhot; ſo it is more for Gods glorie, by the FooliſhnesFoolishness of Preaching to ſaue thoſe that beleeue, then if an Angel ſhould deſcend from …
Samuel Hieron · Truths Purchase · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… naturall man perceiueth not the Things of the ſpirit of God for they are FooliſhnesFoolishness vnto him, &c. And The Wiſedome of the fleſh, is Enmitie againſt God and …
With rule
… naturall man perceiueth not the Things of the ſpirit of God for they are FooliſhnesFoolishness vnto him, &c. And The Wiſedome of the fleſh, is Enmitie againſt God and …
Samuel Hieron · Truths Purchase · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnion of Chriſts two natures, vnlikely; of Regeneration, vnpoſſible; of Predeſtination, Vniuſt; of Preaching, FooliſhnesFoolishness, and ſo of others: howbeit I hold this alſo, that where Scripture approoueth Reaſon …
With rule
… vnion of Chriſts two natures, vnlikely; of Regeneration, vnpoſſible; of Predeſtination, Vniuſt; of Preaching, FooliſhnesFoolishness, and ſo of others: howbeit I hold this alſo, that where Scripture approoueth Reaſon …
Samuel Hieron · Truths Purchase · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
FoolishnesFoolishness.
With rule
FoolishnesFoolishness.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
How Gods FoolishnesFoolishness is wiser than all the wisedome of the worlde.
With rule
How Gods FoolishnesFoolishness is wiser than all the wisedome of the worlde.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

Printed
Verſe 15. FooliſhnesFoolishness is bound to the heart of a childe: but the rod of correction ſhall …
With rule
Verſe 15. FooliſhnesFoolishness is bound to the heart of a childe: but the rod of correction ſhall …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 360 · Open in the reader
Printed
FOoliſhnesFoolishness] Wantonnes, frowardnes, and ſimplicitie ſpreadeth it ſelfe thorow the whole fleſh of youth, but …
With rule
FOoliſhnesFoolishness] Wantonnes, frowardnes, and ſimplicitie ſpreadeth it ſelfe thorow the whole fleſh of youth, but …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 360 · Open in the reader

The Reason of Church Government A50949

Printed
… out his Legions into array, and flankt them with his thunder; therefore he sent FoolishnesFoolishness to confute Wisdom, Weaknes to bind Strength, Despisednes to vanquish Pride. And this is …
With rule
… out his Legions into array, and flankt them with his thunder; therefore he sent FoolishnesFoolishness to confute Wisdom, Weaknes to bind Strength, Despisednes to vanquish Pride. And this is …
John Milton · The Reason of Church Government · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 18-20 B12458

Printed
… of luſts, & leaud affections. And to proceed yet further, to other effects of their FooliſhnesFoolishness, they bring diſeaſes vpō their bodies, they bring neceſſitie vpon their eſtates, they bring …
With rule
… of luſts, & leaud affections. And to proceed yet further, to other effects of their FooliſhnesFoolishness, they bring diſeaſes vpō their bodies, they bring neceſſitie vpon their eſtates, they bring …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 18-20 · p. 102 · Open in the reader