Which are the five most frequently used letters in the English alphabet?

McGruff

The most frequently used letters in the English alphabet are E, T, A, O and N. http://dictionary.reference.com/features/wordtraveler30.html [Link added March 24, 2008 -- Zbeckabee] Jul 22 00, 4:12 PM

zbeckabee

Of Interest: The inventor of Morse code, Samuel Morse (1791-1872), needed to know this so that he could give the simplest codes to the most frequently used letters. He did it simply by counting the number of letters in sets of printers' type. The figures he came up with were: 12,000 E -- 9,000 T -- 8,000 A, I, N, O, S http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/frequency?view=uk In the Standard Qwerty keyboard layout, the most frequently used letters in English are: ETASORNI. http://www.xpertkeyboard.com/history.htm Mar 24 08, 12:19 PM