Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6868 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gravellgravel

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 147 times in 96 works
Consistency: 93.6% (147 of 157)
Reach if approved: ~165 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gravel
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 157 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (147 changes in 96 works, 93.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 147)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… one lett a fly be in Pharaohs cup, the other gave him bread with gravellgravel: but these are fables; the offence doubtles was capital, or at least so suspected …
With rule
… one lett a fly be in Pharaohs cup, the other gave him bread with gravellgravel: but these are fables; the offence doubtles was capital, or at least so suspected …
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 493 · Open in the reader
Printed
… malo, ſaith One, leſt ſome evill ſhould be mingled with it; as mud and gravellgravel is with the clear water that runs down a current.
With rule
… malo, ſaith One, leſt ſome evill ſhould be mingled with it; as mud and gravellgravel is with the clear water that runs down a current.
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 685 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bait of profit, or pleaſure, which is taken with delight, but preſently will be gravellgravel in the teeth, rottenneſſe in the bowels, bitterneſſe in the latter end; For ſo …
With rule
… bait of profit, or pleaſure, which is taken with delight, but preſently will be gravellgravel in the teeth, rottenneſſe in the bowels, bitterneſſe in the latter end; For ſo …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſtand by you, and to comfort you in troubles; and this will prove gravellgravel in your bellies to torture you, as Salomon affirmeth, ſo farre will it be …
With rule
… to ſtand by you, and to comfort you in troubles; and this will prove gravellgravel in your bellies to torture you, as Salomon affirmeth, ſo farre will it be …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Divine Discovery of Sincerity · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not load himself with unusefull sorrow. Thuy as Bee… doe poise themselves with little gravellgravel stones, that they may not be carried away with the wind, which the Poet …
With rule
… not load himself with unusefull sorrow. Thuy as Bee… doe poise themselves with little gravellgravel stones, that they may not be carried away with the wind, which the Poet …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… force to ſtirre vp that raging Sea, whoſe waters foame nothing but mire and gravellgravel. Iſa. 57.20.
With rule
… force to ſtirre vp that raging Sea, whoſe waters foame nothing but mire and gravellgravel. Iſa. 57.20.
John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… near, that we can alwayes pleaſe. And the diſpleaſure of a friend is as gravellgravel in our ſhoos, or as Nettles in our bed, oft-times more grievous then …
With rule
… near, that we can alwayes pleaſe. And the diſpleaſure of a friend is as gravellgravel in our ſhoos, or as Nettles in our bed, oft-times more grievous then …
Richard Baxter · Two Treatises on Death and Judgment · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
the gravellgravel] Heb. bowels. the gravellgravel and beach being as the bowels of the sea.
With rule
the gravellgravel] Heb. bowels. the gravellgravel and beach being as the bowels of the sea.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
… bread of deceit is sweet to him, but his mouth shall be filled with GravellGravel.
With rule
… bread of deceit is sweet to him, but his mouth shall be filled with GravellGravel.
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 132 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

Printed
… over another Streame there, called Channel-bridge, and paved the way betweene them with GravellGravel. She gave also certaine Manors, and a Mill called Wyggon Mill, for repairing the …
With rule
… over another Streame there, called Channel-bridge, and paved the way betweene them with GravellGravel. She gave also certaine Manors, and a Mill called Wyggon Mill, for repairing the …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

Printed
… or elſe you will cough in hell, and the Devils will laugh at you. GravellGravel in the kidneys will not grate ſo upon you, as a little guiltineſſe in …
With rule
… or elſe you will cough in hell, and the Devils will laugh at you. GravellGravel in the kidneys will not grate ſo upon you, as a little guiltineſſe in …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 324 · Open in the reader

Jurisdictions A87798

Printed
… Goats, and Geeſe, or if any digg in the Common, unleſſe it be for GravellGravel for the high waies, and fill it againe, or maketh other treſpaſſe in the …
With rule
… Goats, and Geeſe, or if any digg in the Common, unleſſe it be for GravellGravel for the high waies, and fill it againe, or maketh other treſpaſſe in the …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 111 · Open in the reader