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Syllable Frequency: Estonian (Eesti)

On this page you can see two tables with the frequencies of the syllables of the Estonian language. These lists were created with the syllable counter, which is integrated in the WordCreator. Basis of these frequency tables was an Estonian text with 2.051.977 characters (321.323 words), which was a good mix of different literary genres.

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Two-Party Syllables (Digrams)

In these two tables, you can see the two-party syllables (digrams) in Estonian. From the original text 624.817 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 digrams SE, TA and TE are the most common syllables of the Estonian language.

SyllableFrequency
AD1,11%
AL1,43%
AS1,33%
AT0,90%
DA1,39%
EE0,97%
EI0,89%
EL1,25%
EN0,82%
ES1,14%
ET1,08%
GA0,77%
ID1,28%
IK0,81%
IN1,53%
IS1,54%
JA1,42%
KA0,84%
KS0,76%
KU1,22%
LE1,48%
LI1,60%
MA1,62%
MI1,11%
NA0,92%
NE0,94%
OL1,32%
ON0,98%
SA0,78%
SE2,13%
SI1,08%
ST1,49%
TA2,04%
TE1,66%
TU1,12%
UD0,94%
UL0,79%
US1,06%
VA1,22%
SyllableFrequency
SE2,13%
TA2,04%
TE1,66%
MA1,62%
LI1,60%
IS1,54%
IN1,53%
ST1,49%
LE1,48%
AL1,43%
JA1,42%
DA1,39%
AS1,33%
OL1,32%
ID1,28%
EL1,25%
VA1,22%
KU1,22%
ES1,14%
TU1,12%
MI1,11%
AD1,11%
SI1,08%
ET1,08%
US1,06%
ON0,98%
EE0,97%
UD0,94%
NE0,94%
NA0,92%
AT0,90%
EI0,89%
KA0,84%
EN0,82%
IK0,81%
UL0,79%
SA0,78%
GA0,77%
KS0,76%
 

Three-Party Syllables (Trigrams)

In the last two tables, you can see the three-party syllables (trigrams) of the Estonian language. From the original text 154.727 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 syllables OLI, KUI and SEE are the most common syllables of the Estonian language.

SyllableFrequency
ADA0,37%
AKS0,30%
AST0,47%
ATA0,31%
ATU0,37%
AVA0,35%
EDA0,37%
EMA0,49%
END0,33%
EST0,47%
IDA0,47%
INE0,37%
ING0,37%
INU0,41%
ISE0,53%
IST0,39%
KOR0,30%
KUI0,78%
LIK0,33%
LLE0,38%
MIN0,45%
MIS0,46%
NUD0,49%
OLE0,53%
OLI0,78%
OMA0,36%
SED0,37%
SEE0,55%
SEL0,49%
STA0,45%
STI0,33%
TUD0,42%
UID0,30%
UST0,33%
VAL0,36%
VÕI0,42%
SyllableFrequency
OLI0,78%
KUI0,78%
SEE0,55%
OLE0,53%
ISE0,53%
SEL0,49%
NUD0,49%
EMA0,49%
IDA0,47%
EST0,47%
AST0,47%
MIS0,46%
STA0,45%
MIN0,45%
VÕI0,42%
TUD0,42%
INU0,41%
IST0,39%
LLE0,38%
SED0,37%
ING0,37%
INE0,37%
EDA0,37%
ATU0,37%
ADA0,37%
VAL0,36%
OMA0,36%
AVA0,35%
UST0,33%
STI0,33%
LIK0,33%
END0,33%
ATA0,31%
UID0,30%
KOR0,30%
AKS0,30%
 

Usage Note

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