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What are the top ten letters by relative frequency in English language dictionaries?

Question #149599. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Aug 06 2023.
Originally posted Aug 06 2023 7:13 PM.

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The following list shows the top 10 letters used for English words according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary. The percentage is based on for every hundred letters used and the number beside it is for how many more times that letter is used for every 1 Q. It is interesting to note that "J" is the second least used letter and is less commonly used than "Z".

E 11.1607% 56.88
A 8.4966% 43.31
R 7.5809% 38.64
I 7.5448% 38.45
O 7.1635% 36.51
T 6.9509% 35.43
N 6.6544% 33.92
S 5.7351% 29.23
L 5.4893% 27.98
C 4.5388% 23.13

link https://www3.nd.edu/~busiforc/handouts/cryptography/letterfrequencies.html

Aug 06 2023, 7:21 PM
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