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Which letter of the alphabet starts the most English words?

Question #150837. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Mar 21 2024.
Originally posted Mar 21 2024 8:10 PM.

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That would be S. It is unsurprising given that S forms many different sounds with a variety of letters like SC, SH or ST, for example.

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

After the letter S, the next most frequent initial letters are P, C, D, M and A. The letter X brings up the rear.

link http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa-ini1.html

Response last updated by psnz on Mar 21 2024.
Mar 21 2024, 8:12 PM
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