Syllable Frequency: Hebrew (עברית)
On this page you can see two tables with the frequencies of the syllables of the Hebrew language. These lists were created with the syllable counter, which is integrated in the WordCreator. Basis of these frequency lists was a Hebrew text with 1,230,923 characters (279,679 words), which consisted of a good mix of different literary genres.
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Two-Party Syllables (Digrams)
In the following two tables, you can see the two-party syllables (digrams) in Hebrew. From the original text, 188,851 two-party syllables were extracted, in the table only two-party syllables with a probability of at least 0.75 % are shown. The first list is sorted alphabetically according to the syllables, the second list according to the frequencies of the syllables. Accordingly, the digrams ות, ים and הי are the most frequent occurring letter combinations in the Hebrew language.
| Letter | Frequency |
| או | 1.07 % |
| את | 1.17 % |
| בי | 0.76 % |
| די | 0.83 % |
| הו | 0.82 % |
| הי | 1.91 % |
| וא | 1.10 % |
| ול | 1.00 % |
| ור | 1.16 % |
| ות | 2.14 % |
| יה | 1.29 % |
| יו | 1.47 % |
| יי | 0.90 % |
| ים | 2.02 % |
| ית | 0.79 % |
| לא | 0.99 % |
| לה | 1.15 % |
| לו | 0.83 % |
| לי | 0.95 % |
| מו | 0.90 % |
| ני | 1.30 % |
| על | 0.82 % |
| רו | 0.82 % |
| רי | 1.14 % |
| של | 1.42 % |
| Letter | Frequency |
| ות | 2.14 % |
| ים | 2.02 % |
| הי | 1.91 % |
| יו | 1.47 % |
| של | 1.42 % |
| ני | 1.30 % |
| יה | 1.29 % |
| את | 1.17 % |
| ור | 1.16 % |
| לה | 1.15 % |
| רי | 1.14 % |
| וא | 1.10 % |
| או | 1.07 % |
| ול | 1.00 % |
| לא | 0.99 % |
| לי | 0.95 % |
| יי | 0.90 % |
| מו | 0.90 % |
| לו | 0.83 % |
| די | 0.83 % |
| הו | 0.82 % |
| על | 0.82 % |
| רו | 0.82 % |
| ית | 0.79 % |
| בי | 0.76 % |
Three-Party Syllables (Trigrams)
In the last two tables, you can see the three-party syllables (trigrams) of the Hebrew language. From the original text, 41,883 three-party syllables were extracted. In the table, only trigrams with a probability of at least 0.30 % are published. The first list is sorted by the syllables, the second list is ordered by the frequencies of the syllables. Accordingly, the trigrams היה, הוא and יות are the most frequent in the Hebrew language.
| Letter | Frequency |
| אבל | 0.35 % |
| אות | 0.57 % |
| אחר | 0.35 % |
| אני | 0.41 % |
| אתה | 0.33 % |
| ברי | 0.32 % |
| הוא | 0.78 % |
| היא | 0.42 % |
| היה | 1.19 % |
| היו | 0.53 % |
| ורה | 0.45 % |
| ותר | 0.32 % |
| יות | 0.78 % |
| יים | 0.47 % |
| יכו | 0.33 % |
| כול | 0.33 % |
| כים | 0.38 % |
| כמו | 0.30 % |
| רים | 0.39 % |
| שלה | 0.31 % |
| שלו | 0.35 % |
| Letter | Frequency |
| היה | 1.19 % |
| הוא | 0.78 % |
| יות | 0.78 % |
| אות | 0.57 % |
| היו | 0.53 % |
| יים | 0.47 % |
| ורה | 0.45 % |
| היא | 0.42 % |
| אני | 0.41 % |
| רים | 0.39 % |
| כים | 0.38 % |
| שלו | 0.35 % |
| אחר | 0.35 % |
| אבל | 0.35 % |
| יכו | 0.33 % |
| כול | 0.33 % |
| אתה | 0.33 % |
| ותר | 0.32 % |
| ברי | 0.32 % |
| שלה | 0.31 % |
| כמו | 0.30 % |
A list of Hebrew letter frequencies can be found here.
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