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Syllable Frequency: English
On this page you can see two tables with the frequencies of the syllables of the English language. These lists were created with the syllable counter, which is integrated in the WordCreator. Basis of these frequency tables was an English text with 2.101.261 characters (380.703 words), which was a good mix of different literary genres.
The lists may only be used together with the publishing of the internet adress stefantrost.de and the prior consent of Stefan Trost (contact).
Two-Party Syllables (Digrams)
In these two tables, you can see the two-party syllables (digrams) in English. From the original text 578.608 two-party syllables were extracted, in the table only two-party syllables with a probability of at least 0.75% were shown. The left list is sorted according to the syllables, the right to the frequencies. Accordingly, the digram TH is the most common syllable of the English language.
| Syllable | Frequency |
| AL | 0,93% |
| AN | 2,17% |
| AR | 1,06% |
| AS | 1,09% |
| AT | 1,17% |
| EA | 0,84% |
| ED | 1,29% |
| EN | 1,37% |
| ER | 2,11% |
| ES | 1,00% |
| HA | 1,17% |
| HE | 3,65% |
| HI | 1,07% |
| IN | 2,10% |
| IS | 0,99% |
| IT | 1,24% |
| LE | 0,95% |
| ME | 0,83% |
| ND | 1,62% |
| NE | 0,75% |
| NG | 0,99% |
| NT | 0,77% |
| ON | 1,36% |
| OR | 1,09% |
| OU | 1,41% |
| RE | 1,64% |
| SE | 0,85% |
| ST | 0,96% |
| TE | 1,00% |
| TH | 3,99% |
| TI | 0,92% |
| TO | 1,24% |
| VE | 1,11% |
| WA | 0,84% |
| Syllable | Frequency |
| TH | 3,99% |
| HE | 3,65% |
| AN | 2,17% |
| ER | 2,11% |
| IN | 2,10% |
| RE | 1,64% |
| ND | 1,62% |
| OU | 1,41% |
| EN | 1,37% |
| ON | 1,36% |
| ED | 1,29% |
| TO | 1,24% |
| IT | 1,24% |
| HA | 1,17% |
| AT | 1,17% |
| VE | 1,11% |
| OR | 1,09% |
| AS | 1,09% |
| HI | 1,07% |
| AR | 1,06% |
| TE | 1,00% |
| ES | 1,00% |
| NG | 0,99% |
| IS | 0,99% |
| ST | 0,96% |
| LE | 0,95% |
| AL | 0,93% |
| TI | 0,92% |
| SE | 0,85% |
| WA | 0,84% |
| EA | 0,84% |
| ME | 0,83% |
| NT | 0,77% |
| NE | 0,75% |
Three-Party Syllables (Trigrams)
In the last two tables, you can see the three-party syllables (trigrams) of the English language. From the original text 185.984 three-party syllables were extracted. In the table, only syllables with a probabilty of at least 0.30% were published. The left list is sorted according to the syllables, the right to the frequencies. Thus the syllable THE is the most common syllable of the English language.
| Syllable | Frequency |
| ALL | 0,45% |
| AND | 1,70% |
| ARE | 0,33% |
| BUT | 0,30% |
| ENT | 0,48% |
| ERA | 0,33% |
| ERE | 0,47% |
| EVE | 0,43% |
| FOR | 0,56% |
| HAD | 0,35% |
| HAT | 0,58% |
| HEN | 0,35% |
| HER | 0,73% |
| HIN | 0,33% |
| HIS | 0,49% |
| ING | 1,06% |
| ION | 0,47% |
| ITH | 0,47% |
| NOT | 0,56% |
| OME | 0,31% |
| OUL | 0,41% |
| OUR | 0,33% |
| SHO | 0,33% |
| TED | 0,32% |
| TER | 0,36% |
| THA | 0,54% |
| THE | 3,67% |
| THI | 0,55% |
| TIO | 0,37% |
| ULD | 0,40% |
| VER | 0,69% |
| WAS | 0,66% |
| WIT | 0,46% |
| YOU | 0,72% |
| Syllable | Frequency |
| THE | 3,67% |
| AND | 1,70% |
| ING | 1,06% |
| HER | 0,73% |
| YOU | 0,72% |
| VER | 0,69% |
| WAS | 0,66% |
| HAT | 0,58% |
| NOT | 0,56% |
| FOR | 0,56% |
| THI | 0,55% |
| THA | 0,54% |
| HIS | 0,49% |
| ENT | 0,48% |
| ITH | 0,47% |
| ION | 0,47% |
| ERE | 0,47% |
| WIT | 0,46% |
| ALL | 0,45% |
| EVE | 0,43% |
| OUL | 0,41% |
| ULD | 0,40% |
| TIO | 0,37% |
| TER | 0,36% |
| HEN | 0,35% |
| HAD | 0,35% |
| SHO | 0,33% |
| OUR | 0,33% |
| HIN | 0,33% |
| ERA | 0,33% |
| ARE | 0,33% |
| TED | 0,32% |
| OME | 0,31% |
| BUT | 0,30% |
Usage Note
The lists may only be used together with the publishing of the internet adress stefantrost.de and the prior consent of Stefan Trost (contact). If you need additional lists, for example in a different sorting or on the basis of another source, we can provide this list for only five euros. Simply write to us.