Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6812 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wakefullwakeful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 105 times in 75 works
Consistency: 99.0% (105 of 106)
Reach if approved: ~111 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wakeful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 106 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (105 changes in 75 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 105)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is never ſo much longed for and deſired, as after the tediouſneſſe of ſome wakefullwakeful, and weariſom nights of reſtleſſe toſſings up and down, or turning too and fro …
With rule
… is never ſo much longed for and deſired, as after the tediouſneſſe of ſome wakefullwakeful, and weariſom nights of reſtleſſe toſſings up and down, or turning too and fro …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lesse shall the head of Gods child fall into Satans hand: this prouidence is wakefullwakeful, and suffereth nothing to come by chance or lucke, but from a good hand …
With rule
… lesse shall the head of Gods child fall into Satans hand: this prouidence is wakefullwakeful, and suffereth nothing to come by chance or lucke, but from a good hand …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… speake of the hurtfull plentie of branches and leaues of Trees, against which the wakefullwakeful Husbandman giueth diligent attendaunce? And what doth the continuall returne of Bryars and weeds …
With rule
… speake of the hurtfull plentie of branches and leaues of Trees, against which the wakefullwakeful Husbandman giueth diligent attendaunce? And what doth the continuall returne of Bryars and weeds …
William Burton · The Christians Heavenly Treasure · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpirits, whilſt we talk with the Lord in prayer: we ſhould indeed bee of wakefullwakeful ſpirits therein, but oft times wee are watchleſſe, and ſpiritually ſluggiſh.
With rule
… ſpirits, whilſt we talk with the Lord in prayer: we ſhould indeed bee of wakefullwakeful ſpirits therein, but oft times wee are watchleſſe, and ſpiritually ſluggiſh.
Thomas Cobbet · A Practical Discourse of Prayer · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
… little, Satan then finds the ſoul upon its guard, and that it hath a wakefullwakeful enemy. A ſoul that is conſtant in the meditation of God, is like a …
With rule
… little, Satan then finds the ſoul upon its guard, and that it hath a wakefullwakeful enemy. A ſoul that is conſtant in the meditation of God, is like a …
William Gearing · The Mount of Holy Meditation · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Look up to Jeſus Chriſt with faith flameing out in prayer. His eye is wakefullwakeful enough, and his arme powerfull enough to preſerve you. There is a ſpring of …
With rule
… Look up to Jeſus Chriſt with faith flameing out in prayer. His eye is wakefullwakeful enough, and his arme powerfull enough to preſerve you. There is a ſpring of …
Joseph Swaffield · The Body of Death · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the eye too, many ſervants riotouſly waſte much, children wantonly ſpill much; be wakefullwakeful herein; ſee that nothing be riotouſly abuſed, (as the ſwiniſh manner is in ſome …
With rule
… of the eye too, many ſervants riotouſly waſte much, children wantonly ſpill much; be wakefullwakeful herein; ſee that nothing be riotouſly abuſed, (as the ſwiniſh manner is in ſome …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtill left as a monument of the Divine grace, and to keep us humble, wakefullwakeful, and watchfull, and that our armour may be ſtill kept on, and our weapons …
With rule
… ſtill left as a monument of the Divine grace, and to keep us humble, wakefullwakeful, and watchfull, and that our armour may be ſtill kept on, and our weapons …
Thomas Brooks · Precious Remedies Against Satans Devices · p. 236 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
WakefullWakeful ambition leagu'd with hastie pride;
With rule
WakefullWakeful ambition leagu'd with hastie pride;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 66 · Open in the reader