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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6568 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

penypenny

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
943 times in 429 works
Consistency
100% (943 of 943)
Reach if approved
~993 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: penny
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
945 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (943 changes in 429 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 943)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … haue we amongst vs, that for a very trifle, for a groate, for a penypenny, yea, sometimes for a farthing will deny God, hurt their consciences, hazard the losse …
    With rule
    … haue we amongst vs, that for a very trifle, for a groate, for a penypenny, yea, sometimes for a farthing will deny God, hurt their consciences, hazard the losse …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 181 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … can not be able to resiste. Ostendite mihi … census. Shewe me said he a penypenny of the tribute …. They layd snares to destroy them, but he ouerturneth the in …
    With rule
    … can not be able to resiste. Ostendite mihi … census. Shewe me said he a penypenny of the tribute …. They layd snares to destroy them, but he ouerturneth the in …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 103 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in ſtede of riches. But a faithleſſe body hath neede euen of an halfe penypenny, accordyng to the Prouerbe: A couetous body wanteth aſwel that hee hath, as that …
    With rule
    … in ſtede of riches. But a faithleſſe body hath neede euen of an halfe penypenny, accordyng to the Prouerbe: A couetous body wanteth aſwel that hee hath, as that …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … soule man take it vnto the, & say not, but that thou haste a frendly penypenny worth. For by the blyssed body of god thou hast it as good chepe …
    With rule
    … soule man take it vnto the, & say not, but that thou haste a frendly penypenny worth. For by the blyssed body of god thou hast it as good chepe …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. xviii · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … dayes, who will rather ſee the poore members of Chriſt periſh then beſtow a penypenny on them.
    With rule
    … dayes, who will rather ſee the poore members of Chriſt periſh then beſtow a penypenny on them.

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 314 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the liberty of chooſing or refuſing before him? eſpecially if it were a good penypenny-worth. But alas, what is the greateſt Manour or Lordſhip, if it were a …
    With rule
    … the liberty of chooſing or refuſing before him? eſpecially if it were a good penypenny-worth. But alas, what is the greateſt Manour or Lordſhip, if it were a …

    Richard Rogers · Sermons · p. 145 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … opponentis, conscientia opponentis, ipsius orese iudicat: Didst thou not agree with me for a penypenny. ver. 13.
    With rule
    … opponentis, conscientia opponentis, ipsius orese iudicat: Didst thou not agree with me for a penypenny. ver. 13.

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to defeat true owners: alſo thoſe which do mibble, & pilfer the valew of a penypenny at a time: haue al of thē ſuch theeuiſh hearts, that if it were …
    With rule
    … to defeat true owners: alſo thoſe which do mibble, & pilfer the valew of a penypenny at a time: haue al of thē ſuch theeuiſh hearts, that if it were …

    George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.