Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7151 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

basenesbaseness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 211 times in 153 works
Consistency: 97.2% (211 of 217)
Reach if approved: ~228 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: baseness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 217 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (211 changes in 153 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 211)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſo notable a work, moſt humbly beſeeching you not ſo much to regard the baſenesbaseness of the Tranſlation, as the ſounde dealing of myne Author in the diſcouering & confuting …
With rule
… ſo notable a work, moſt humbly beſeeching you not ſo much to regard the baſenesbaseness of the Tranſlation, as the ſounde dealing of myne Author in the diſcouering & confuting …
Pierre Viret · Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
… goeth a gallant fellow in goodly attire, vnleſſe he ſpeake ironice. If beſides the baſenesbaseness of his clothing, they be alſo defiled and ſtincke lothſomly, wil any delight to …
With rule
… goeth a gallant fellow in goodly attire, vnleſſe he ſpeake ironice. If beſides the baſenesbaseness of his clothing, they be alſo defiled and ſtincke lothſomly, wil any delight to …
George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader
Printed
… him, that is, till by death hee come vnto him, and take him from basenesbaseness to glorie. Where we learne to spend our short time well, and that there …
With rule
… him, that is, till by death hee come vnto him, and take him from basenesbaseness to glorie. Where we learne to spend our short time well, and that there …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… weaknes, and his righteouſnes in the confeſſion of our ſhame, & his glory in our baſenesbaseness and vilenes, that no fleſh might reioyce in his preſence, but that he onely …
With rule
… weaknes, and his righteouſnes in the confeſſion of our ſhame, & his glory in our baſenesbaseness and vilenes, that no fleſh might reioyce in his preſence, but that he onely …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this is common to them all, and may bee called a taile, for the baſenesbaseness and filthineſſe therof. It hath alſo the nature of a Scorpion, for as the …
With rule
… this is common to them all, and may bee called a taile, for the baſenesbaseness and filthineſſe therof. It hath alſo the nature of a Scorpion, for as the …
Richard Bernard · A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and is the cheriſher of fortitude, both which diſdaine nothing more then treachery and baſenesbaseness of minde, the common ſlewees which conuey into all eſtates all that is diſhonourable …
With rule
… and is the cheriſher of fortitude, both which diſdaine nothing more then treachery and baſenesbaseness of minde, the common ſlewees which conuey into all eſtates all that is diſhonourable …
Gabriel Powel · The Papists Reasons of State and Religion · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to, while he committed it, in the 17. verſe, reſeruing the other, to wit, the baſenesbaseness and ſhame which followed after it, to this place, as more proper for it …
With rule
… to, while he committed it, in the 17. verſe, reſeruing the other, to wit, the baſenesbaseness and ſhame which followed after it, to this place, as more proper for it …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 780 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhould from heauen, looke vpon them, they would diſdaine and contemne the ſmalnes and baſenesbaseness of them. And indeed, let a man looke vpon a towne platted in foure …
With rule
… ſhould from heauen, looke vpon them, they would diſdaine and contemne the ſmalnes and baſenesbaseness of them. And indeed, let a man looke vpon a towne platted in foure …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 508 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

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

The Calling of the Ministry A09445

Printed
… Vnlearnednes of our Gentry and Nobility, the Be…gery of our poore, and the BasenesBaseness of the body of our Ministery. The first blot, our Nobilitie and Gentrie haue …
With rule
… Vnlearnednes of our Gentry and Nobility, the Be…gery of our poore, and the BasenesBaseness of the body of our Ministery. The first blot, our Nobilitie and Gentrie haue …
William Perkins · The Calling of the Ministry · Open in the reader

The Diseases of the Time A11070

Printed
… a Man of God. And such is a graue Humility euen without Pride or BasenesBaseness, not carnally but spiritually, both confident and humble.
With rule
… a Man of God. And such is a graue Humility euen without Pride or BasenesBaseness, not carnally but spiritually, both confident and humble.
Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 288 · Open in the reader