Almeida 1911, updated spelling

Starting text

The starting point is the Bible of João Ferreira de Almeida, Revista e Corrigida edition (1st ed. 1900, Lisbon, 1911), already in the public domain. We use the Project Gutenberg transcription (no. 62383), made by volunteers and proofread by Distributed Proofreaders. The original 1911 Almeida stays in the app as it is.

Where the text comes from: Project Gutenberg no. 62383

What changed

• The spelling was put in the current Brazilian standard (1990 Orthographic Agreement): “elle” and “elles” became “ele” and “eles”, “tambem” became “também”, “pae” became “pai”.
• Proper names follow the current Brazilian spelling: “David” became “Davi”, “Moysés” became “Moisés”.
• The section titles also follow the current spelling.

What did not change

• No word was replaced by another: the same terms, in the same order.
• The punctuation and the structure of the verses are those of the 1911 Almeida.
• Archaisms remain (“mui”, “porquanto”, “aborrecer”): whoever wants updated vocabulary can read the Almeida Concordância.

Side by side

The same verse before and after. The differences show in the text on the right.

How it was made

A program applies a list of rules and a dictionary of exceptions, always with the same result. An artificial intelligence only suggested and checked the spelling of isolated words, with the instruction to update only the orthography; nothing entered the text without going through the dictionary and a review. The full method, the rules and the leftovers are recorded in docs/a1911-ortografia.md.

Clean room

No copyrighted Bible (ARC, ARA, ACF, NAA, NVI…) was used as a reference.

The numbers

28 047 of 31 102 verses changed · 73 964 words replaced

Most frequent replacements

• elle → ele2 915 times
• á → à2 367 times
• tambem → também2 175 times
• elles → eles1 436 times
• pae → pai1 026 times
• david → davi967 times
• ha → há860 times
• moysés → moisés740 times

Who reviewed it, when and which version

Spelling update made by Concordância, with AI assistance and team review. Version 1.0, October 5, 2026.

Edition version

1.0

Date

5 octobre 2026

License

Edition © 2026 Concordância: all rights reserved on the edition (selection, formatting, review and spelling update). The base text is in the public domain and stays free for anyone to use.

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