Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6860 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fiercenesfierceness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 128 times in 94 works
Consistency: 99.2% (128 of 129)
Reach if approved: ~136 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fierceness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 129 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (128 changes in 94 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 128)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he offer to desend himselfe with any other excuse, when a Cardinall reprehended his fiercenesfierceness towards the king, then this; … Imperions zeale, hath no power to spare God himselfe …
With rule
… he offer to desend himselfe with any other excuse, when a Cardinall reprehended his fiercenesfierceness towards the king, then this; … Imperions zeale, hath no power to spare God himselfe …
John Donne · Ignatius Conclave · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enemies receiue their strength and courage, is like a Wolfe, and that as in fiercenesfierceness, so in fearefulnesse. A Wolfe, if he be stoutly resisted, will flie away: but …
With rule
… enemies receiue their strength and courage, is like a Wolfe, and that as in fiercenesfierceness, so in fearefulnesse. A Wolfe, if he be stoutly resisted, will flie away: but …
William Gouge · The Dignity of Chivalry · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeventh violl ſaith, it is done; yea the cup of the wine of the fiercenesfierceness of Gods wrath, ſhal be giuē her by the hand of Gods litle flocke …
With rule
… ſeventh violl ſaith, it is done; yea the cup of the wine of the fiercenesfierceness of Gods wrath, ſhal be giuē her by the hand of Gods litle flocke …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of madnesse in it; madnesse, or unsoundnesse in passions, which is furor, rage and fiercenesfierceness; and madnesse or unsoundnesse in the Intellectuals, which is Amentia, folly, or being out …
With rule
… of madnesse in it; madnesse, or unsoundnesse in passions, which is furor, rage and fiercenesfierceness; and madnesse or unsoundnesse in the Intellectuals, which is Amentia, folly, or being out …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Gospel is formed in her; and without her self, Satan (for his fiercenesfierceness a dragon) persecuting her in wrath, & warring with the remnant of her seed, gathering …
With rule
… of the Gospel is formed in her; and without her self, Satan (for his fiercenesfierceness a dragon) persecuting her in wrath, & warring with the remnant of her seed, gathering …
Henry Ainsworth · The Communion of Saints · p. 402 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lionesse, whereupon Hierome noteth two properties in the Chaldean Monarchie, ingentem ferociam & libidinem, their fiercenesfierceness and intemperate lust: for the lionesse is more fierce then the lyon, and verie …
With rule
… lionesse, whereupon Hierome noteth two properties in the Chaldean Monarchie, ingentem ferociam & libidinem, their fiercenesfierceness and intemperate lust: for the lionesse is more fierce then the lyon, and verie …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they peremptorily professe themselves to have no part. In the other, they see the fiercenesfierceness, and fulnesse of all the curses, plagues and torments denounced there, and due unto …
With rule
… they peremptorily professe themselves to have no part. In the other, they see the fiercenesfierceness, and fulnesse of all the curses, plagues and torments denounced there, and due unto …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 233 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the ende of the third Chapter, a ſinguler ſentence to beate downe the fiercenesfierceness of mans pride, leaſt he ſhould aduaunce himſelf againſt the grace of God. And …
With rule
… in the ende of the third Chapter, a ſinguler ſentence to beate downe the fiercenesfierceness of mans pride, leaſt he ſhould aduaunce himſelf againſt the grace of God. And …
John Calvin · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.