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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7245 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gracefullgraceful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
226 times in 148 works
Consistency
97.8% (226 of 231)
Reach if approved
~243 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: graceful
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
231 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (226 changes in 148 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 226)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … hath planted moſt wealth and riches: but where hee hath reaped leaſt fruit of gracefullgraceful actions: And where theſe naturall bleſſings are ſo ill husbanded, that amongſt all that …
    With rule
    … hath planted moſt wealth and riches: but where hee hath reaped leaſt fruit of gracefullgraceful actions: And where theſe naturall bleſſings are ſo ill husbanded, that amongſt all that …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … it being the Word of the moſt High God, it is moſt decent and gracefullgraceful, that there ſhould no other Argument be uſed but Authority. And therefore if you …
    With rule
    … it being the Word of the moſt High God, it is moſt decent and gracefullgraceful, that there ſhould no other Argument be uſed but Authority. And therefore if you …

    Anthony Burgess · The Scripture Directory for Church Officers and People · p. 233 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … man. As grace in the inward man is the beſt favour, ſo favour is gracefullgraceful to the outward man.
    With rule
    … man. As grace in the inward man is the beſt favour, ſo favour is gracefullgraceful to the outward man.

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 8-10 · p. 526 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    The Theſſalian youths with Theagenes their Captaine, dance Pyrricha in armour, with a gracefullgraceful dexterity, which ended, the Prieſts take their leaves, and bid Theagenes adieu.
    With rule
    The Theſſalian youths with Theagenes their Captaine, dance Pyrricha in armour, with a gracefullgraceful dexterity, which ended, the Prieſts take their leaves, and bid Theagenes adieu.

    William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of the Churches enemies▪ and of all deadly meanes whatſoeuer, that might hinder her gracefullgraceful and glorious ſtate, deſcribed in the Chapter following.
    With rule
    … of the Churches enemies▪ and of all deadly meanes whatſoeuer, that might hinder her gracefullgraceful and glorious ſtate, deſcribed in the Chapter following.

    Richard Bernard · A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation · p. 323 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Likewise it is not gracefullgraceful to others, it breeds not love in them to good things, but dislike. Carnall …
    With rule
    Likewise it is not gracefullgraceful to others, it breeds not love in them to good things, but dislike. Carnall …

    Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … renowne, and true honour: how they prosper in outward meanes, how louely, comely, and gracefullgraceful they are in their meetings, how dex trous and able for great seruices. And …
    With rule
    … renowne, and true honour: how they prosper in outward meanes, how louely, comely, and gracefullgraceful they are in their meetings, how dex trous and able for great seruices. And …

    Thomas Taylor · The Value of True Valor · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … evils in the Church, and our faith, is of all other, moſt comely, and gracefullgraceful: for, thereby, the Word of God receiveth freer paſſage, and mens ſalvation is furthered …
    With rule
    … evils in the Church, and our faith, is of all other, moſt comely, and gracefullgraceful: for, thereby, the Word of God receiveth freer paſſage, and mens ſalvation is furthered …

    Anthony Wotton · A Dangerous Plot Discovered · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

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