What is the frequency of each of the letters of the alphabet used in English words?
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Kim Siever
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The columns below are as follows: the first is the letter; the second is the per cent of the time it occurs in the English language; and the third represents proportions, taking the least common letter (q) as equal to 1. 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 U 3.6308% 18.51 D 3.3844% 17.25 P 3.1671% 16.14 M 3.0129% 15.36 H 3.0034% 15.31 G 2.4705% 12.59 B 2.0720% 10.56 F 1.8121% 9.24 Y 1.7779% 9.06 W 1.2899% 6.57 K 1.1016% 5.61 V 1.0074% 5.13 X 0.2902% 1.48 Z 0.2722% 1.39 J 0.1965% 1.00 Q 0.1962% (1) http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/frequency
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