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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6520 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

abellabel

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
536 times in 241 works
Consistency
99.4% (536 of 539)
Reach if approved
~566 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: abel
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
539 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (536 changes in 241 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 536)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … is read in Geneſis (where it is ſimplie ſet out, how yt both Caine & AbellAbel offred vp their gifts, and yt the Lord had reſpect vnto AbellAbel and his …
    With rule
    … is read in Geneſis (where it is ſimplie ſet out, how yt both Caine & AbellAbel offred vp their gifts, and yt the Lord had reſpect vnto AbellAbel and his …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    AbellAbel was cruelly slaine of his brother Cayne, whome he neuer offended.
    With rule
    AbellAbel was cruelly slaine of his brother Cayne, whome he neuer offended.

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … being a bloudy man, at the beginning of the world in a manner hated AbellAbel to the death. Eſaus wickedneſſe is in the ſcripture offred to our view in …
    With rule
    … being a bloudy man, at the beginning of the world in a manner hated AbellAbel to the death. Eſaus wickedneſſe is in the ſcripture offred to our view in …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 263 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the giftes of God, and prayeth God to accept it as the sacrifice of AbellAbel.
    With rule
    … the giftes of God, and prayeth God to accept it as the sacrifice of AbellAbel.

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … fire of Devotion, that my prayers may aſcend unto thee, like the ſacrifice of AbellAbel: ſo acceptable, that they may be accepted; ſo accepted, that they may be effectuall …
    With rule
    … fire of Devotion, that my prayers may aſcend unto thee, like the ſacrifice of AbellAbel: ſo acceptable, that they may be accepted; ſo accepted, that they may be effectuall …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … may serue to the refutation hereof, yea, & the Text it self new rehearseth, allowing AbellAbel & his work, & the Author to the Hebreues, ascribing the praise of fayth vnto it …
    With rule
    … may serue to the refutation hereof, yea, & the Text it self new rehearseth, allowing AbellAbel & his work, & the Author to the Hebreues, ascribing the praise of fayth vnto it …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … mankynde, and before the floud, as a Patriarche, or aunceſtour, to the godly fathers AbellAbel, Seth: after the flowde Noe lefte three Imps, from whom all the ſocieries of …
    With rule
    … mankynde, and before the floud, as a Patriarche, or aunceſtour, to the godly fathers AbellAbel, Seth: after the flowde Noe lefte three Imps, from whom all the ſocieries of …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … quem occidet Cain. GOD (sayed she) hath geuen me another sede in steede of AbellAbel whom Cayne slewe. Here is a long matter to talke on. Som wil say …
    With rule
    … quem occidet Cain. GOD (sayed she) hath geuen me another sede in steede of AbellAbel whom Cayne slewe. Here is a long matter to talke on. Som wil say …

    Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 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 Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

  • Printed
    … outward worship, and pure formes of Religion, with the Godlie▪ as KAIN did with ABELLABEL. 2. That Fayth putteth the difference betwixt their persons, and service. 3. That a man's person …
    With rule
    … outward worship, and pure formes of Religion, with the Godlie▪ as KAIN did with ABELLABEL. 2. That Fayth putteth the difference betwixt their persons, and service. 3. That a man's person …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 251 · Open in the reader