Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6537 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

keperkeeper

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 142 times in 65 works
Consistency: 87.6% (142 of 162)
Reach if approved: ~170 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: keeper
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 162 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (142 changes in 65 works, 87.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 142)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Thus came it to passe with Saule, whiche when he was obscure, and a keperkeeper of mules, and thoughte hym selfe the lowest of the stocke of Beniamyn, hee …
With rule
Thus came it to passe with Saule, whiche when he was obscure, and a keperkeeper of mules, and thoughte hym selfe the lowest of the stocke of Beniamyn, hee …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Raker / and when he wexed aged and began to be vnluſty / were made the keperkeeper of ſum goodmannis gardin / & frō thēce forth were called Robin gardiner / myght not ye …
With rule
… Raker / and when he wexed aged and began to be vnluſty / were made the keperkeeper of ſum goodmannis gardin / & frō thēce forth were called Robin gardiner / myght not ye …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader
Printed
v. A keperkeeper of hospitalyte.
With rule
v. A keperkeeper of hospitalyte.
Alexander Alesius · The Authority of the Word of God Against the Bishop of London · Open in the reader
Printed
… crafte, ſuche great power: by and by, dyd he promote to biſſhoprykes, euery mule keperkeeper, bawdes and blody ſouldyours▪ But, who did teache them, to ſeuer and diuide the …
With rule
… crafte, ſuche great power: by and by, dyd he promote to biſſhoprykes, euery mule keperkeeper, bawdes and blody ſouldyours▪ But, who did teache them, to ſeuer and diuide the …
Henrich Bullinger · A Wholesome Antidote Against Anabaptists · Open in the reader
Printed
… geue ouer and reſigne his lyfe into the hands of god the moſt faithfull keperkeeper. When he hath ordeined and kept diligentlye this maner and faſhion of lyfe, yf …
With rule
… geue ouer and reſigne his lyfe into the hands of god the moſt faithfull keperkeeper. When he hath ordeined and kept diligentlye this maner and faſhion of lyfe, yf …
John Calvin · Four Sermons Against the Pollution of Idolatries · Open in the reader
Printed
… M. Felow, how it happened it is not certayne, whether by gentlenesse of the keperkeeper (who was somewhat gentle that wayes) or by leaue geuē of the Bishop: or …
With rule
… M. Felow, how it happened it is not certayne, whether by gentlenesse of the keperkeeper (who was somewhat gentle that wayes) or by leaue geuē of the Bishop: or …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2005 · Open in the reader
Printed
… truthe. Wynchestre at this houre honteth nether for thefe nor murtherer / aduouterer nor whore keperkeeper. If he ded / there shuld not so manye of them so boldelye diuell at …
With rule
… truthe. Wynchestre at this houre honteth nether for thefe nor murtherer / aduouterer nor whore keperkeeper. If he ded / there shuld not so manye of them so boldelye diuell at …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
The Lord is thy keperkeeper and he is thy shadowe (or protection) at thy right hand.
With rule
The Lord is thy keperkeeper and he is thy shadowe (or protection) at thy right hand.
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… that goeth into the church, and commaunded two of his men to accompany the KeperKeeper, and to see me placed.
With rule
… that goeth into the church, and commaunded two of his men to accompany the KeperKeeper, and to see me placed.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1813 · Open in the reader
Printed
L. KeperKeeper.
With rule
L. KeperKeeper.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2123 · Open in the reader
Printed
L. KeperKeeper.
With rule
L. KeperKeeper.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2124 · Open in the reader
Printed
L. KeperKeeper.
With rule
L. KeperKeeper.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2124 · Open in the reader
Printed
L. KeperKeeper.
With rule
L. KeperKeeper.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2124 · Open in the reader