Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6497 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

babellbabel

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 576 times in 301 works
Consistency: 98.2% (576 of 586)
Reach if approved: ~616 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: babel
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 586 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (576 changes in 301 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 576)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to give the Land of Egypt to the king of BabellBabel, that king of BabellBabel ſhall ſurpriſe her multitude, ſpoile her ſpoile, take her prey, and it ſhall be …
With rule
… to give the Land of Egypt to the king of BabellBabel, that king of BabellBabel ſhall ſurpriſe her multitude, ſpoile her ſpoile, take her prey, and it ſhall be …
Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which makes you hugge your ſelves within your owne thoughts: Is not this great BabellBabel which I have built? Could ſuch a thing have beene done, if I had …
With rule
… which makes you hugge your ſelves within your owne thoughts: Is not this great BabellBabel which I have built? Could ſuch a thing have beene done, if I had …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Divine Discovery of Sincerity · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… world. I will make mention (ſaith the Lord by the Prophet) of Rahab and BabellBabel among them that knowe me: behold the Philistian with him of Tire, and the …
With rule
… world. I will make mention (ſaith the Lord by the Prophet) of Rahab and BabellBabel among them that knowe me: behold the Philistian with him of Tire, and the …
Peter Moffett · The Excellency of the Mystery of Christ Jesus · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… graven Images and ſea of Idolatrie. And would you have us to continue in BabellBabel, ſeing our God calleth us out of the ſame by a mightie voice? telling …
With rule
… graven Images and ſea of Idolatrie. And would you have us to continue in BabellBabel, ſeing our God calleth us out of the ſame by a mightie voice? telling …
John Penry · The History of Korah · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vntempered morter, that will not sticke together, our aduersaries build the ruines of their BabellBabel. To cleare then these passages in their order:
With rule
… vntempered morter, that will not sticke together, our aduersaries build the ruines of their BabellBabel. To cleare then these passages in their order:
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… kinge of BabellBabel with ſworde, famine, and peſtilēce. Wherfore ſerue ye the kinge of BabellBabel and lyue. Beholde, ſaye they, (who thinke it in no caſe lawfull to withſtande …
With rule
… kinge of BabellBabel with ſworde, famine, and peſtilēce. Wherfore ſerue ye the kinge of BabellBabel and lyue. Beholde, ſaye they, (who thinke it in no caſe lawfull to withſtande …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and people, are but the Lords ſervants. The Lord calls Nebuchadnezzar the King of BabellBabel, his ſervant, Jere. 27.6. Our enemies doe but bring us a meſſage from the Lord …
With rule
… and people, are but the Lords ſervants. The Lord calls Nebuchadnezzar the King of BabellBabel, his ſervant, Jere. 27.6. Our enemies doe but bring us a meſſage from the Lord …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 321 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to view all the contentments of this life, and to ſay, this is great BabellBabel, and I have gotten friends and meanes, &c. then put the queſtion to thy …
With rule
… to view all the contentments of this life, and to ſay, this is great BabellBabel, and I have gotten friends and meanes, &c. then put the queſtion to thy …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 616 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame A02358

Printed
… Sealed, and Virgine Worshippers, haue beene reserved, and GOD'S People, in the midst of BABELLBABEL, ever beene preserved; lyke the Temple vnpolluted, in the midst of Court and Citie …
With rule
… Sealed, and Virgine Worshippers, haue beene reserved, and GOD'S People, in the midst of BABELLBABEL, ever beene preserved; lyke the Temple vnpolluted, in the midst of Court and Citie …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 267 · Open in the reader

The Novelty of Popery Discovered A42313

Printed
… that so, GOD may haue … ie; the Church, her luster; Satan, an over-throwe; BABELLBABEL, a downe-fall; the Saynctes may haue joye; and Veritie, the victorie.
With rule
… that so, GOD may haue … ie; the Church, her luster; Satan, an over-throwe; BABELLBABEL, a downe-fall; the Saynctes may haue joye; and Veritie, the victorie.
William Guild · The Novelty of Popery Discovered · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which hath overtaken a bodie, which was sound and healthfull at first, but lyke BABELLBABEL had neede of cure at last; it will not bee amisse to set downe …
With rule
… which hath overtaken a bodie, which was sound and healthfull at first, but lyke BABELLBABEL had neede of cure at last; it will not bee amisse to set downe …
William Guild · The Novelty of Popery Discovered · Open in the reader
Printed
… were asked in lyke-manner, Where were GOD'S people before they came out of BABELLBABEL? by replying thus, that they were even in BABELLBABEL it selfe: even so our …
With rule
… were asked in lyke-manner, Where were GOD'S people before they came out of BABELLBABEL? by replying thus, that they were even in BABELLBABEL it selfe: even so our …
William Guild · The Novelty of Popery Discovered · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… before they came out of BABELLBABEL? by replying thus, that they were even in BABELLBABEL it selfe: even so our Religion, which consisteth in the mayne positiue poyntes forenamed …
With rule
… before they came out of BABELLBABEL? by replying thus, that they were even in BABELLBABEL it selfe: even so our Religion, which consisteth in the mayne positiue poyntes forenamed …
William Guild · The Novelty of Popery Discovered · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Exhortation Unto Governors and People in Wales B00537

Printed
… with ſleeues, a truncke gowne, a cap and tipper, and I thinke bell and babellbabel (ornaments fit inogh for ſuch deformed coxcombs) to read a Goſpell, church women, bid …
With rule
… with ſleeues, a truncke gowne, a cap and tipper, and I thinke bell and babellbabel (ornaments fit inogh for ſuch deformed coxcombs) to read a Goſpell, church women, bid …
John Penry · Exhortation Unto Governors and People in Wales · p. 41 · Open in the reader