Statistics for Most Common English Words by Letter

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init	Word	PoS	freq	% Correct
A	a	det	.02	100%
B	be	verb	.025	97%
I	I	pron	.01	91%
D	do	verb	.005	89%
A	and	conj	.02	88%
H	he	pron	.006	88%
G	go	verb	.002	85%
C	can / could	verb	.003	80%
F	for	prep	.007	80%
O	on	prep	.005	78%
I	in	prep	.004	77%
T	the	det	.04	75%
Y	you	pron	.006	74%
I	it	pron	.008	72%
T	to	prep	.02	71%
W	we	pron	.004	70%
A	at	prep	.004	69%
N	not / n't	neg	.007	68%
B	but	conj	.004	67%
G	get	verb	.002	66%
H	have	verb	.009	65%
O	of	prep	.02	65%
S	she	pron	.003	64%
U	us	pron	.0007	58%
F	from	prep	.003	57%
H	his	det	.006	57%
B	by	prep	.003	56%
M	my	det	.002	56%
S	so	adv	.002	56%
Y	your	det	.001	54%
J	just	adv	.008	52%
G	give	verb	.0008	50%
O	or	conj	.003	49%
P	put	verb	.0005	46%
T	that	conj	.01	45%
W	would / will	verb	.004	45%
L	like	prep	.002	44%
C	come	verb	.001	42%
U	up	adv	.002	42%
M	make	verb	.002	40%
S	say	verb	.004	40%
Z	zoo	noun	.00001	40%
R	run	verb	.0004	39%
V	very	adv	.0008	38%
E	every	det	.0004	37%
M	more	adv	.002	34%
U	use	verb	.0008	34%
K	know	verb	.002	33%
Q	quickly	adv	.0001	33%
Z	zero	num	.00003	33%
W	with	prep	.005	32%
E	even	adv	.0007	30%
Q	quite	adv	.0001	30%
E	each	det	.0004	29%
X	x-ray	noun	.00001	28%
N	now	adv	.001	27%
D	day	noun	.0009	26%
L	life	noun	.0007	26%
L	look	verb	.001	26%
N	new	adj	.0009	26%
R	really	adv	.0005	22%
R	right	adv	.001	22%
K	keep	verb	.0005	21%
P	people	noun	.002	21%
Q	question	noun	.0004	21%
D	down	adv	.0007	19%
X	Xavier	name	.000003	19%
F	first	num	.0009	18%
J	join	verb	.0003	17%
Y	year	noun	.002	15%
K	kind	noun	.0003	14%
P	place	noun	.0005	13%
J	job	noun	.001	11%
C	child	noun	.0007	9%
X	Xerox	noun	.000002	9%
V	view	noun	.0002	8%
Z	zone	noun	.00004	8%
V	voice	noun	.0002	6%