Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6620 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

befelbefell

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 729 times in 387 works
Consistency: 99.5% (729 of 732)
Reach if approved: ~769 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: befell
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 732 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (729 changes in 387 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 729)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations which befelbefell me by the lying in wait of the Jews.
With rule
… the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations which befelbefell me by the lying in wait of the Jews.
Richard Baxter · A Paraphrase on the New Testament · Open in the reader
Printed
… tis ſpoken of the Chaldean Monarch; who, though high, yet had a ſuddain change befelbefell hm. It is not a matter of ſo great joy to have been high …
With rule
… tis ſpoken of the Chaldean Monarch; who, though high, yet had a ſuddain change befelbefell hm. It is not a matter of ſo great joy to have been high …
Thomas Brooks · A Golden Key to Open Hidden Treasures · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Day of my Ordination; and the amazing Aſſault which followed the ſame, in what befelbefell; — wherein Satan's immediate Appearance againſt me was ſo viſible.
With rule
… Day of my Ordination; and the amazing Aſſault which followed the ſame, in what befelbefell; — wherein Satan's immediate Appearance againſt me was ſo viſible.
Daniel Burgess · The Churchs Triumph · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not onely the date of this gift is vncertain, what yeare of God it befelbefell, but alſo, by this repugnance, and diuers other reaſons, ſome thinks this whol gift …
With rule
… not onely the date of this gift is vncertain, what yeare of God it befelbefell, but alſo, by this repugnance, and diuers other reaſons, ſome thinks this whol gift …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perſons. Theſe are the perſōs that afflicted Chriſt, let vs further conſider what afflictions befelbefell him: they crucifie him, & mock him, they ſtrip him naked, and diſpoile him of …
With rule
… perſons. Theſe are the perſōs that afflicted Chriſt, let vs further conſider what afflictions befelbefell him: they crucifie him, & mock him, they ſtrip him naked, and diſpoile him of …
John Smyth · The Bright Morning Star · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had euerie yeere kept, were on those daies, it seemeth, on which those calamities befelbefell them: the siedge begun; the Citty gotten; the Temple burnt; and Gedaliah slaine. As …
With rule
… had euerie yeere kept, were on those daies, it seemeth, on which those calamities befelbefell them: the siedge begun; the Citty gotten; the Temple burnt; and Gedaliah slaine. As …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 562 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your great nūber of valiant warriours, neither to your mightye prouiſions, but remēber what befelbefell to Holofernes y^e ſtout captaine of king Nobuchoddnozer, when he woulde not harken to …
With rule
… your great nūber of valiant warriours, neither to your mightye prouiſions, but remēber what befelbefell to Holofernes y^e ſtout captaine of king Nobuchoddnozer, when he woulde not harken to …
Robert Crowley · The Way to Wealth · Open in the reader
Printed
… and heavy Judgments from God; the most extra ordinary and miraculous Judgement that ever befelbefell any place, Fire and Brimstone from Heaven upon Sodome and Gomorrah, was for this …
With rule
… and heavy Judgments from God; the most extra ordinary and miraculous Judgement that ever befelbefell any place, Fire and Brimstone from Heaven upon Sodome and Gomorrah, was for this …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Man · p. 171 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sigh for the Pitchers Breathed Out A66777

Printed
BefelBefell thereby to others; what to them
With rule
BefelBefell thereby to others; what to them
George Wither · Sigh for the Pitchers Breathed Out · p. 30 · Open in the reader

A Considering Glass A66781

Printed
BefelBefell to me, and afterward to them,
With rule
BefelBefell to me, and afterward to them,
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 47 · Open in the reader

The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion N29362

Printed
… MR. JOHN WILLIAMS MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN DEERFIELD WHO, IN THE DESOLATION WHICH BEFELBEFELL THAT PLANTATION, BY AN INCURSION OF THE FRENCH AND INDIANS, WAS BY THEM CARRIED …
With rule
… MR. JOHN WILLIAMS MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN DEERFIELD WHO, IN THE DESOLATION WHICH BEFELBEFELL THAT PLANTATION, BY AN INCURSION OF THE FRENCH AND INDIANS, WAS BY THEM CARRIED …
John Williams · The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion · Open in the reader