Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7188 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

conferrconfer

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 208 times in 123 works
Consistency: 94.1% (208 of 221)
Reach if approved: ~232 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: confer
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 221 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (208 changes in 123 works, 94.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 208)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… do the Beasts and Cattel; if we think we live because we reason and conferrconfer, so do the Heathens, and Men that shall never see God; if we think …
With rule
… do the Beasts and Cattel; if we think we live because we reason and conferrconfer, so do the Heathens, and Men that shall never see God; if we think …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 783 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the forgivnes of synns, and (as they blasphemously say) quite take away synns, and conferrconfer grace; so it is a vayn idol and nothing: for neyther doo the true …
With rule
… the forgivnes of synns, and (as they blasphemously say) quite take away synns, and conferrconfer grace; so it is a vayn idol and nothing: for neyther doo the true …
Henry Ainsworth · Animadversion to Cliftons Advertisement · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… us, how he will be worshipped: requisite it is, we should heare, reade, meditate, conferrconfer, suffer our selves to be squared by this rule and word: Equi…y, ne …
With rule
… us, how he will be worshipped: requisite it is, we should heare, reade, meditate, conferrconfer, suffer our selves to be squared by this rule and word: Equi…y, ne …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
7. And that He is never the better for thy being Righteous; which can conferrconfer nothing upon Him which He hath not already, nor adde any thing to his …
With rule
7. And that He is never the better for thy being Righteous; which can conferrconfer nothing upon Him which He hath not already, nor adde any thing to his …
Simon Patrick · The Book of Job Paraphrased · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Syrians, the Cilicians, and the Meſopotamians, who were Quartodecumani, he ſayes, that Conſtantine would conferrconfer pleaſantly and familiarly with the Biſhops, about matters that were in queſtion; and that …
With rule
… Syrians, the Cilicians, and the Meſopotamians, who were Quartodecumani, he ſayes, that Conſtantine would conferrconfer pleaſantly and familiarly with the Biſhops, about matters that were in queſtion; and that …
Jean Claude · Historical Defense of the Reformation · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
Object. But do not the creatures conferrconfer something, and help forward our happiness? Who can (at least comfortably) be without them?
With rule
Object. But do not the creatures conferrconfer something, and help forward our happiness? Who can (at least comfortably) be without them?
Phineas Fletcher · A Fathers Testament · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without touch of his Person in any sort; and further at convenient opportunity to conferrconfer with him in such points.
With rule
… without touch of his Person in any sort; and further at convenient opportunity to conferrconfer with him in such points.
Richard Hooker · Works of Hooker · p. 491 · Open in the reader
Printed
… speaks, 1 Tim. 5.17. And as for those things which are not in our power to conferrconfer upon them, by recommending them to Gods bounty, in praying for them.
With rule
… speaks, 1 Tim. 5.17. And as for those things which are not in our power to conferrconfer upon them, by recommending them to Gods bounty, in praying for them.
John Kettlewell · The Measures of Christian Obedience · p. 139 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Weighty Questions Discussed A41335

Printed
Anſw. The end when the Lord firſt Commanded it, was not to ConferrConfer Gi…ts, but to ſeparate, Numb. 8.10, 14. ſo Acts 13.3. Separate we Paul, &c.
With rule
Anſw. The end when the Lord firſt Commanded it, was not to ConferrConfer Gi…ts, but to ſeparate, Numb. 8.10, 14. ſo Acts 13.3. Separate we Paul, &c.
Giles Firmin · Weighty Questions Discussed · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to whom he Committed the Goſpel-Doctrine; for Timothy by the Impoſing Hands might ConferrConfer Gifts, and make them able, or fit Men for the Work.
With rule
… to whom he Committed the Goſpel-Doctrine; for Timothy by the Impoſing Hands might ConferrConfer Gifts, and make them able, or fit Men for the Work.
Giles Firmin · Weighty Questions Discussed · p. 17 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

Printed
… Child of God doth, but a Hypocrite may do also; he may Pray, Preach, ConferrConfer, hear the Word, tho' not in a holy and gracious manner. A Painter may …
With rule
… Child of God doth, but a Hypocrite may do also; he may Pray, Preach, ConferrConfer, hear the Word, tho' not in a holy and gracious manner. A Painter may …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 359 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… with them in the Fleſh, but he muſt Depart from them, that he might ConferrConfer upon them his Spirit. Chriſt had often promis'd (to ſend the Spirit (or Comforter …
With rule
… with them in the Fleſh, but he muſt Depart from them, that he might ConferrConfer upon them his Spirit. Chriſt had often promis'd (to ſend the Spirit (or Comforter …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 372 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… Thoughts, O ye Sons of Men, about Salvation. Lean not to your own Understandings. ConferrConfer not with Flesh and Blood. Regard not the Voice of Strangers, the Words of …
With rule
… Thoughts, O ye Sons of Men, about Salvation. Lean not to your own Understandings. ConferrConfer not with Flesh and Blood. Regard not the Voice of Strangers, the Words of …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 100 · Open in the reader