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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7176 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cheerfullcheerful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
988 times in 474 works
Consistency
98.2% (988 of 1,006)
Reach if approved
~1,058 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: cheerful
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,007 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (988 changes in 474 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 988)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … it cheerefully: for as he loueth a cheerefull giuer, 1. Cor. 9.7. so he loues a cheerfullcheerful louer: but he that loues not with the heart, loues not cheerefully, for out …
    With rule
    … it cheerefully: for as he loueth a cheerefull giuer, 1. Cor. 9.7. so he loues a cheerfullcheerful louer: but he that loues not with the heart, loues not cheerefully, for out …

    Henry Smith · The Layers Question · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in this busines, which was sad and dreadfull at my comming to him, but cheerfullcheerful and comfortable at my departing. It is well knowne what a bitter storme fell …
    With rule
    … in this busines, which was sad and dreadfull at my comming to him, but cheerfullcheerful and comfortable at my departing. It is well knowne what a bitter storme fell …

    Daniel Featley · Learned Decisions · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … have for ſlaying their enemies in warre, giveth good encouragement to them for a cheerfullcheerful going to warre, and for valiant fighting therein. And though by their valour much …
    With rule
    … have for ſlaying their enemies in warre, giveth good encouragement to them for a cheerfullcheerful going to warre, and for valiant fighting therein. And though by their valour much …

    William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 294 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    3 The ſweeteſt friend in the world. A good cheerfullcheerful heart (ſaith Solomon) is a continuall feaſt. Oh then a ſatisfied and pacified conſcience …
    With rule
    3 The ſweeteſt friend in the world. A good cheerfullcheerful heart (ſaith Solomon) is a continuall feaſt. Oh then a ſatisfied and pacified conſcience …

    Robert Harris · Pauls Confidence · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … West, but from aboue: To be short, he giues libertie, and makes the heart cheerfullcheerful and glad, he hath power to conserue the body in health, and to prolong …
    With rule
    … West, but from aboue: To be short, he giues libertie, and makes the heart cheerfullcheerful and glad, he hath power to conserue the body in health, and to prolong …

    Alexander Hume · The Felicity of the Life to Come · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to behaue them ſelues toward God, namely that they muſt ſerue him with a cheerfullcheerful hart and continuall ioy: now he declareth in few wordes, how the beleeuers ought …
    With rule
    … to behaue them ſelues toward God, namely that they muſt ſerue him with a cheerfullcheerful hart and continuall ioy: now he declareth in few wordes, how the beleeuers ought …

    Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 257 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … no reward. But as God loueth a cheerfullcheerful giuer, so doubtlesse loues he a cheerfullcheerful worker.
    With rule
    … no reward. But as God loueth a cheerfullcheerful giuer, so doubtlesse loues he a cheerfullcheerful worker.

    William Perkins · The Calling of the Ministry · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … this worke be done in our liues, then will our deaths be pleasant and cheerfullcheerful; our worke being done before hand in our liues, we shall haue leisure in …
    With rule
    … this worke be done in our liues, then will our deaths be pleasant and cheerfullcheerful; our worke being done before hand in our liues, we shall haue leisure in …

    Francis Rous · Oil of Scorpions · p. 224 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Gentlemans Calling A23718

  • Printed
    … and that is that it furnishes you with a succession of very Agreeable and CheerfullCheerful Imployments. Vertue is of a busie and active Nature, and as in its severall …
    With rule
    … and that is that it furnishes you with a succession of very Agreeable and CheerfullCheerful Imployments. Vertue is of a busie and active Nature, and as in its severall …

    Richard Allestree · The Gentlemans Calling · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

  • Printed
    … and necessitie in this kind and libertie cannot well stand together: God loveth a CheerfullCheerful giver, because he gives his heart first to God, before he giveth his almes …
    With rule
    … and necessitie in this kind and libertie cannot well stand together: God loveth a CheerfullCheerful giver, because he gives his heart first to God, before he giveth his almes …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    … he dyed in the same year with her 1603. His Stature was Tall, C…plexion CheerfullCheerful, an Happiness not ordinary in so hard a Student and retired a Person. He …
    With rule
    … he dyed in the same year with her 1603. His Stature was Tall, C…plexion CheerfullCheerful, an Happiness not ordinary in so hard a Student and retired a Person. He …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 332 · Open in the reader

A Cloud of Witnesses A51699

  • Printed
    … doth unto my joy, but rather be glad and thankfull unto God with me.— CheerfullCheerful and holy Spirits under the Cross be acceptable Sacrifices in the sight of God. —
    With rule
    … doth unto my joy, but rather be glad and thankfull unto God with me.— CheerfullCheerful and holy Spirits under the Cross be acceptable Sacrifices in the sight of God. —

    Thomas Mall · A Cloud of Witnesses · p. 243 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

  • Printed
    … assembled in your high Court of Parliament, humbly present your Majesty with the FREE & CHEERFULLCHEERFUL GIFT of two intire Subsidies, &c. All Subsidies and Taxes then being the free …
    With rule
    … assembled in your high Court of Parliament, humbly present your Majesty with the FREE & CHEERFULLCHEERFUL GIFT of two intire Subsidies, &c. All Subsidies and Taxes then being the free …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 18 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    9. CheerfullCheerful, Psal. 92. 14.
    With rule
    9. CheerfullCheerful, Psal. 92. 14.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 215 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Psal. 33. 3. Triumphant. Aynsw. Psal. 98. 4. CheerfullCheerful, Idem. Applyed unto Instruments of musick, 2 Chr. 30. 21. Heb. Instruments of strength, marg. Shout, Ezr …
    With rule
    Psal. 33. 3. Triumphant. Aynsw. Psal. 98. 4. CheerfullCheerful, Idem. Applyed unto Instruments of musick, 2 Chr. 30. 21. Heb. Instruments of strength, marg. Shout, Ezr …

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 389 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    2. CheerfullCheerful moving of the body, 1 Chr. 15. 29.
    With rule
    2. CheerfullCheerful moving of the body, 1 Chr. 15. 29.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 485 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    It signifieth CheerfullCheerful, and ready, 1 Chro. 29. 6, 9. Judg. 5. 2, 9. Matthew 26. 41. Des rous, Matth. 1. 19. …. 15. 15. Luk. 23. 20.
    With rule
    It signifieth CheerfullCheerful, and ready, 1 Chro. 29. 6, 9. Judg. 5. 2, 9. Matthew 26. 41. Des rous, Matth. 1. 19. …. 15. 15. Luk. 23. 20.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 726 · Open in the reader

Christ Crucified A81890

  • Printed
    … Chriſt, if we could make uſe of it; So He calleth us to be CheerfullCheerful, and Comforted, in the uſe making of it, and not to Miniſh our own …
    With rule
    … Chriſt, if we could make uſe of it; So He calleth us to be CheerfullCheerful, and Comforted, in the uſe making of it, and not to Miniſh our own …

    James Durham · Christ Crucified · p. 331 · Open in the reader

Christ and Moses Excellency A90893

  • Printed
    CheerfullCheerful.
    With rule
    CheerfullCheerful.

    Vavasor Powell · Christ and Moses Excellency · p. 314 · Open in the reader