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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7022 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

litterallliteral

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
267 times in 143 works
Consistency
92.3% (267 of 289)
Reach if approved
~304 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: literal
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
289 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (267 changes in 143 works, 92.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 267)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Firſt litterallliteral or hiſtoricall. 51.
    With rule
    Firſt litterallliteral or hiſtoricall. 51.

    John Andrewes · Christs Cross · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the matter with caffling, nor escape by denyall, nor with any subtile legerdemayne of litterallliteral exposition, cast a myste before mine eyes, nor vntwyne your selues out of the …
    With rule
    … the matter with caffling, nor escape by denyall, nor with any subtile legerdemayne of litterallliteral exposition, cast a myste before mine eyes, nor vntwyne your selues out of the …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    1 Not ſo much a litterallliteral, and notionall knowledge. 122
    With rule
    1 Not ſo much a litterallliteral, and notionall knowledge. 122

    Richard Maden · Christs Love and Affection Towards Jerusalem · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Knowledge whereby men know God is either litterallliteral or spirituall. 306. 4.
    With rule
    Knowledge whereby men know God is either litterallliteral or spirituall. 306. 4.

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … by trauailing after mysticall senses) he rashly folowed allegories, in expounding a Prophet, whose litterallliteral sense he vnderstood not.
    With rule
    … by trauailing after mysticall senses) he rashly folowed allegories, in expounding a Prophet, whose litterallliteral sense he vnderstood not.

    John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 174 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    3. The litterallliteral time of three yeares and an halfe, is not halfe proportionall to the great …
    With rule
    3. The litterallliteral time of three yeares and an halfe, is not halfe proportionall to the great …

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 786 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … tenne times, Iob. 19. 2. yee haue tenne times reproached me. Some vnderstand according to the litterallliteral sense, so many kings precisely.
    With rule
    … tenne times, Iob. 19. 2. yee haue tenne times reproached me. Some vnderstand according to the litterallliteral sense, so many kings precisely.

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … by many frantik fellowes. The doctrine which is written seemed to them to be litterallliteral: therefore it pleased thē to coine a new kinde of diuinitie, which should consist …
    With rule
    … by many frantik fellowes. The doctrine which is written seemed to them to be litterallliteral: therefore it pleased thē to coine a new kinde of diuinitie, which should consist …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 368 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

  • Printed
    The knowledge whereby men know God, is either litterallliteral knowledge, or spirituall knowledge: LitterallLiteral is when the doctrine of God, and his will is known, without reformation of …
    With rule
    The knowledge whereby men know God, is either litterallliteral knowledge, or spirituall knowledge: LitterallLiteral is when the doctrine of God, and his will is known, without reformation of …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 306 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sabbath Day A16567

  • Printed
    … for vve abhorre it in Papiſts, that they ſhould make 4 ſenſes of Scripture, the LitterallLiteral, Allegoricall, Tropologicall, & Anagogicall, as Perkins hath them in his Arte of Prophecying, pag. 651. where …
    With rule
    … for vve abhorre it in Papiſts, that they ſhould make 4 ſenſes of Scripture, the LitterallLiteral, Allegoricall, Tropologicall, & Anagogicall, as Perkins hath them in his Arte of Prophecying, pag. 651. where …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 201 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 1 A20641

  • Printed
    … Sub. There haue beene great Hereſies, but Verhall, but Syllabicall; and as great, but LitterallLiteral; The greateſt Hereſie that euer was, that of the Arrians, was but in one …
    With rule
    … Sub. There haue beene great Hereſies, but Verhall, but Syllabicall; and as great, but LitterallLiteral; The greateſt Hereſie that euer was, that of the Arrians, was but in one …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 2 A20642

  • Printed
    … Sub. There haue beene great Hereſies, but Verball, but Syllabicall; and as great, but LitterallLiteral; The greateſt Hereſie that euer was, that of the Arrians, was but in one …
    With rule
    … Sub. There haue beene great Hereſies, but Verball, but Syllabicall; and as great, but LitterallLiteral; The greateſt Hereſie that euer was, that of the Arrians, was but in one …

    John Donne · Five Sermons 2 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

  • Printed
    … not be drawne aſide any way, but that we ſhall take it in the LitterallLiteral and Gramaticall ſence: This Act tyes to conſent of VVrighters, which may; and perhaps …
    With rule
    … not be drawne aſide any way, but that we ſhall take it in the LitterallLiteral and Gramaticall ſence: This Act tyes to conſent of VVrighters, which may; and perhaps …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 164 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Act tyes to conſent of VVrighters, which may; and perhaps do goe againſt the LitterallLiteral ſence; for heres no exception; ſo wee ſhall bee perplexed and our conſent required …
    With rule
    … Act tyes to conſent of VVrighters, which may; and perhaps do goe againſt the LitterallLiteral ſence; for heres no exception; ſo wee ſhall bee perplexed and our conſent required …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 164 · Open in the reader

Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist A57980

  • Printed
    … turnes. The places of Scripture objected, they said, must not be taken in the LitterallLiteral sense, because the Letter killeth, the Spirit quickneth. And they turne the Scripture in …
    With rule
    … turnes. The places of Scripture objected, they said, must not be taken in the LitterallLiteral sense, because the Letter killeth, the Spirit quickneth. And they turne the Scripture in …

    Samuel Rutherford · Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist · p. 162 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of Scripture; the Spirit is the efficient, by whose grace we gather the right LitterallLiteral sense of the Scripture, and giveth no sense divers, farre lesse contrary to Scripture …
    With rule
    … of Scripture; the Spirit is the efficient, by whose grace we gather the right LitterallLiteral sense of the Scripture, and giveth no sense divers, farre lesse contrary to Scripture …

    Samuel Rutherford · Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist · p. 186 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    LitterallLiteral ſenſe is ſpirituall. 169. a. proueth an allegory. 167. b
    With rule
    LitterallLiteral ſenſe is ſpirituall. 169. a. proueth an allegory. 167. b

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    LitterallLiteral ſēſe of More daſhed. 466. a
    With rule
    LitterallLiteral ſēſe of More daſhed. 466. a

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

The First Sermon Preached to King Charles 3 April 1625 A73848

  • Printed
    … Sub. There haue beene great Hereſies, but Verball, but Syllabicall; and as great, but LitterallLiteral; The greateſt Hereſie that euer was, that of the Arrians, was but in one …
    With rule
    … Sub. There haue beene great Hereſies, but Verball, but Syllabicall; and as great, but LitterallLiteral; The greateſt Hereſie that euer was, that of the Arrians, was but in one …

    John Donne · The First Sermon Preached to King Charles 3 April 1625 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed A77667

  • Printed
    … and in the Creed; Is it not a Figurative ſpeech, which cuſtome hath made LitterallLiteral? And is deſcending into Hell, a ſpeech made literall by any cuſtome? And if …
    With rule
    … and in the Creed; Is it not a Figurative ſpeech, which cuſtome hath made LitterallLiteral? And is deſcending into Hell, a ſpeech made literall by any cuſtome? And if …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed · p. 94 · Open in the reader