Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6785 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pittifulpitiful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 411 times in 265 works
Consistency: 98.3% (411 of 418)
Reach if approved: ~439 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pitiful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 418 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (411 changes in 265 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 411)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to Otho: Pope Benedict said, If I have sinned, have mercy on me. The pittifulpitiful Emperour with Tears intreated the Bishop to have mercy on the man: Whereupon, he …
With rule
… to Otho: Pope Benedict said, If I have sinned, have mercy on me. The pittifulpitiful Emperour with Tears intreated the Bishop to have mercy on the man: Whereupon, he …
Richard Baxter · Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils · p. 331 · Open in the reader
Printed
… preparation at all, and will not serve to any mans salvation. Alas what a pittifulpitiful provisio… doth that man make for death and for salvation, who neglecteth his soul …
With rule
… preparation at all, and will not serve to any mans salvation. Alas what a pittifulpitiful provisio… doth that man make for death and for salvation, who neglecteth his soul …
Richard Baxter · The Divine Life · p. 272 · Open in the reader
Printed
… proceed from this mistake of his condition, it is the most unhappy case and pittifulpitiful sight in the world. To live mistaken in such a case is lamentable, but …
With rule
… proceed from this mistake of his condition, it is the most unhappy case and pittifulpitiful sight in the world. To live mistaken in such a case is lamentable, but …
Richard Baxter · The Saints Everlasting Rest · p. 420 · Open in the reader
Printed
… entertain any hard thoughts concerning Jeſus Chriſt, as if hee was leſſe mindful, leſſe pittifulpitiful, and leſſe merciful to poor ſouls now hee is in Heaven, than hee was …
With rule
… entertain any hard thoughts concerning Jeſus Chriſt, as if hee was leſſe mindful, leſſe pittifulpitiful, and leſſe merciful to poor ſouls now hee is in Heaven, than hee was …
Thomas Brooks · Apples of Gold · p. 246 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the reſt whome hee letteth goe without correction. Therefore as wee ſaie, that the pittifulpitiful and gentle Surgion empaireth the wounds, ſo doth too much gentleneſſe toward children, and …
With rule
… the reſt whome hee letteth goe without correction. Therefore as wee ſaie, that the pittifulpitiful and gentle Surgion empaireth the wounds, ſo doth too much gentleneſſe toward children, and …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
Chap: 5 A pittifulpitiful complaint of Zion in Prayer to God. Throughout the whole.
With rule
Chap: 5 A pittifulpitiful complaint of Zion in Prayer to God. Throughout the whole.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you have believed, and have nothing to do but to die? Solomon was very pittifulpitiful to your ſouls young men, and therefore he calls upon you to Remember your …
With rule
… you have believed, and have nothing to do but to die? Solomon was very pittifulpitiful to your ſouls young men, and therefore he calls upon you to Remember your …
Timothy Armitage · A Trial of Faith · p. 421 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Divine Joy, the Object whereof is God, ſo is it, in a poor and pittifulpitiful manner, with Earthly Joy, the Object whereof is the good things below: This Joy …
With rule
… Divine Joy, the Object whereof is God, ſo is it, in a poor and pittifulpitiful manner, with Earthly Joy, the Object whereof is the good things below: This Joy …
Richard Alleine · Instructions About Heart-Work · p. 184 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

3 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.

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
… us in Meditation, that the Lord is Gracious, and Merciful, and Long-ſuffering, and PittifulPitiful (as we have lately had occaſion to ſhew) there is very much Contentment in …
With rule
… us in Meditation, that the Lord is Gracious, and Merciful, and Long-ſuffering, and PittifulPitiful (as we have lately had occaſion to ſhew) there is very much Contentment in …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 172 · Open in the reader

Vindication of Some Passages A53736

Printed
… Care and Instruction, what regard soever ought to be had unto himself. And his PittifulPitiful trifling in the Exposition he adds of this Passage to be saved without doing …
With rule
… Care and Instruction, what regard soever ought to be had unto himself. And his PittifulPitiful trifling in the Exposition he adds of this Passage to be saved without doing …
John Owen · Vindication of Some Passages · p. 79 · Open in the reader

Sayings of Wise and Learned Men A79881

Printed
… to the wicked is truly called, Cruelty to the Good. For he that is PittifulPitiful to the Wolf is Cruel to the ſheep.
With rule
… to the wicked is truly called, Cruelty to the Good. For he that is PittifulPitiful to the Wolf is Cruel to the ſheep.
Samuel Clarke · Sayings of Wise and Learned Men · p. 122 · Open in the reader