Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6967 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

brittishbritish

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 357 times in 175 works
Consistency: 98.6% (357 of 362)
Reach if approved: ~380 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: british
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 362 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (357 changes in 175 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 357)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Diana. And Gildas one of the ancienteſt Hiſtorians that relates the conditions of theſe BrittiſhBritish people, hee ſayes the Idols they had were ſuch horrible, devilliſh, monſtrous things, that …
With rule
… Diana. And Gildas one of the ancienteſt Hiſtorians that relates the conditions of theſe BrittiſhBritish people, hee ſayes the Idols they had were ſuch horrible, devilliſh, monſtrous things, that …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Lucius his people, which Johannes Balaeus more fully cleareth, in his booke of BrittiſhBritish writers, Centuria prima cap. 27. where hee reciteth the occaſion why Lucius ſent Eluinus and …
With rule
… of Lucius his people, which Johannes Balaeus more fully cleareth, in his booke of BrittiſhBritish writers, Centuria prima cap. 27. where hee reciteth the occaſion why Lucius ſent Eluinus and …
Thomas Cobbet · The Estate of Children of Church Members and their Right to Baptism · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Popes of Rome. 10 A Translation of Thorps Examination into Latine. 11 That of BrittishBritish writers much enlarged with the lives and Acts of the Bishops of Rome inserted …
With rule
… of the Popes of Rome. 10 A Translation of Thorps Examination into Latine. 11 That of BrittishBritish writers much enlarged with the lives and Acts of the Bishops of Rome inserted …
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 509 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Catholike Church no other than ſuch as is there deſcribed: no more then the BrittiſhBritish or Spaniſh Seas are different from the great Ocean, either in ſubſtance or qualities …
With rule
… Catholike Church no other than ſuch as is there deſcribed: no more then the BrittiſhBritish or Spaniſh Seas are different from the great Ocean, either in ſubſtance or qualities …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Sea, yet as it washeth upon the British coast, it is called the BrittishBritish Sea; and as it washeth on the Germans, the German Sea, &c. It hath …
With rule
… the Sea, yet as it washeth upon the British coast, it is called the BrittishBritish Sea; and as it washeth on the Germans, the German Sea, &c. It hath …
Richard Sibbes · The Saints Safety in Evil Times · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
Mourne English, Irish, BrittishBritish, and mourne Scot,
With rule
Mourne English, Irish, BrittishBritish, and mourne Scot,
George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader
Printed
… non a Dee, ſed ab hominibus promotus?] Was Guildas a Separatiſt that told the BrittiſhBritish Wicked Prieſts, That they were not Chriſt's Miniſters, but Traitours? and that he was …
With rule
… non a Dee, ſed ab hominibus promotus?] Was Guildas a Separatiſt that told the BrittiſhBritish Wicked Prieſts, That they were not Chriſt's Miniſters, but Traitours? and that he was …
Richard Baxter · Answer to Stillingfleets Charge of Separation · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or Auguſtine the Monks days; and that notwithſtanding Gildas his ſmart reproofs, when the BrittiſhBritish and Scottiſh Clergy and people diſclaimed all obedience to the Pope, and would not …
With rule
… or Auguſtine the Monks days; and that notwithſtanding Gildas his ſmart reproofs, when the BrittiſhBritish and Scottiſh Clergy and people diſclaimed all obedience to the Pope, and would not …
Richard Baxter · The True Way of Concord of All the Christian Churches · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christianography A08826

Printed
… Churches of great Britaine, wherein that which your Chryſoſtome ſpake of old concerning our brittiſhbritish Iſlands is verified at this day, every where a man may heare the people …
With rule
… Churches of great Britaine, wherein that which your Chryſoſtome ſpake of old concerning our brittiſhbritish Iſlands is verified at this day, every where a man may heare the people …
Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · Open in the reader

The Religion Anciently Professed by the Irish and British A14233

Printed
A DISCOURSE OF THE RELIGION Anciently professed by the IRISH and BRITTISHBRITISH.
With rule
A DISCOURSE OF THE RELIGION Anciently professed by the IRISH and BRITTISHBRITISH.
James Ussher · The Religion Anciently Professed by the Irish and British · Open in the reader

The English Balance A51057

Printed
… and where it hath alwayes affected it's maine Parad: for as to the other brittishbritish seas, which are onely, the neerest circumambient parts of the wide Ocean, the Law …
With rule
… and where it hath alwayes affected it's maine Parad: for as to the other brittishbritish seas, which are onely, the neerest circumambient parts of the wide Ocean, the Law …
Robert McWard · The English Balance · p. 9 · Open in the reader