Relative Frequencies of Letters in The English Language
The letter frequencies for English are listed below. However, this table differs slightly from others, such as Cornell University Math Explorer's Project, which produced this table after measuring 40,000 words. Analysis of entries in the Concise Oxford dictionary is published by the compilers. The table below is taken from this table
| Letter | Relative frequency in the English language | |
|---|---|---|
| a | 8.167% | 8.167 |
| b | 1.492% | 1.492 |
| c | 2.782% | 2.782 |
| d | 4.253% | 4.253 |
| e | 12.702% | 12.702 |
| f | 2.228% | 2.228 |
| g | 2.015% | 2.015 |
| h | 6.094% | 6.094 |
| i | 6.966% | 6.966 |
| j | 0.153% | 0.153 |
| k | 0.772% | 0.772 |
| l | 4.025% | 4.025 |
| m | 2.406% | 2.406 |
| n | 6.749% | 6.749 |
| o | 7.507% | 7.507 |
| p | 1.929% | 1.929 |
| q | 0.095% | 0.095 |
| r | 5.987% | 5.987 |
| s | 6.327% | 6.327 |
| t | 9.056% | 9.056 |
| u | 2.758% | 2.758 |
| v | 0.978% | 0.978 |
| w | 2.360% | 2.36 |
| x | 0.150% | 0.15 |
| y | 1.974% | 1.974 |
| z | 0.074% | 0.074 |
In English, the space is slightly more frequent than the top letter (e) and the non-alphabetic characters (digits, punctuation, etc.) occupy the fourth position, between t and a.
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