Trivia stuff like this interests me.
What's the most frequently occurring letter in the English language?
If you said E, you would be right. What's the least frequently occurring letter? If you said Q, or X, or Z, you would be wrong.
Some of these surprised me. The vowel U is less frequent than L, C, or even F. In fact, it's the least frequently used vowel of them all.
V is above Z, B, X, who are ahead of K, Q, who are ahead of ... uf
the least frequently occurring letter...
You guess it, John!
The least frequently occurring letter is what?
Letter Frequency:
E = 13.0 %
T = 9.3 %
N = 7.8 %
R = 7.7 %
S = 7.7 %
I = 7.4 %
O = 7.4 %
A = 7.3 %
S = 6.3 %
D = 4.4 %
H = 3.5 %
L = 3.5 %
C = 3.0 %
F = 2.8 %
U = 2.7 %
P = 2.7 %
M = 2.5 %
Y = 1.9 %
G = 1.6 %
W = 1.6 %
V = 1.3 %
Z = 1.0 %
B = 0.9 %
X = 0.5 %
K = 0.3 %
Q = 0.3 %
J = 0.2 %
What's the most frequently occurring letter in the English language?
If you said E, you would be right. What's the least frequently occurring letter? If you said Q, or X, or Z, you would be wrong.
Some of these surprised me. The vowel U is less frequent than L, C, or even F. In fact, it's the least frequently used vowel of them all.
V is above Z, B, X, who are ahead of K, Q, who are ahead of ... uf
the least frequently occurring letter...
You guess it, John!
The least frequently occurring letter is what?
Letter Frequency:
E = 13.0 %
T = 9.3 %
N = 7.8 %
R = 7.7 %
S = 7.7 %
I = 7.4 %
O = 7.4 %
A = 7.3 %
S = 6.3 %
D = 4.4 %
H = 3.5 %
L = 3.5 %
C = 3.0 %
F = 2.8 %
U = 2.7 %
P = 2.7 %
M = 2.5 %
Y = 1.9 %
G = 1.6 %
W = 1.6 %
V = 1.3 %
Z = 1.0 %
B = 0.9 %
X = 0.5 %
K = 0.3 %
Q = 0.3 %
J = 0.2 %
