Frequency List

Here we have a frequency list focused on the fragment of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales that we analysed in the last portfolio:



R F WORD

1 19 a
2 16 and
3 16 of
4 15 he
5 15 his
6 12 was
7 8 as
8 7 And
9 7 by
10 7 His
11 7 in
12 7 that
13 5 A
14 5 koude
15 5 the
16 5 were
17 4 Of
18 3 ful
19 3 hym
20 3 That
21 3 The
22 3 ther
23 3 to
24 3 Wel
25 2 any
26 2 biforn
27 2 erys
28 2 For
29 2 good
30 2 greet
31 2 hadde
32 2 In
33 2 is
34 2 lord
35 2 lyve
36 2 man
37 2 myghte
38 2 no
39 2 or
40 2 Ther
41 2 this
42 2 thries
43 2 which
44 2 yet
45 1 able
46 1 achaat
47 1 achatours
48 1 age
49 1 al
50 1 Algate
51 1 aller
52 1 an
53 1 arrerage
54 1 auditour
55 1 ay
56 1 baggepipe
57 1 bar
58 1 be
59 1 been
60 1 berd
61 1 blake
62 1 blew
63 1 blowe
64 1 bokeler
65 1 broghte
66 1 brood
67 1 brustles
68 1 brynge
69 1 but
70 1 bynne
71 1 byynge
72 1 caas
73 1 calf
74 1 cappe
75 1 colerik
76 1 cop
77 1 corn
78 1 cote
79 1 covenant
80 1 curious
81 1 dayerye
82 1 desire
83 1 dettelees
84 1 dokked
85 1 droghte
86 1 duszeyne
87 1 Engelond
88 1 ever
89 1 exemple
90 1 expert
91 1 fair
92 1 falle
93 1 for
94 1 forneys
95 1 Ful
96 1 gentil
97 1 gerner
98 1 God
99 1 gold
100 1 goliardeys
101 1 governynge
102 1 grace
103 1 greyn
104 1 hade
105 1 happe
106 1 harlotries
107 1 He
108 1 heep
109 1 heer
110 1 helpen
111 1 herys
112 1 him
113 1 hir
114 1 honour
115 1 hood
116 1 hoolly
117 1 hors
118 1 hous
119 1 if
120 1 it
121 1 janglere
122 1 kan
123 1 kepe
124 1 lawe
125 1 legges
126 1 lene
127 1 lerned
128 1 lewed
129 1 list
130 1 lond
131 1 longe
132 1 lordes
133 1 lyk
134 1 maistres
135 1 make
136 1 Manciple
137 1 mannes
138 1 MAUNCIPLE
139 1 men
140 1 mo
141 1 moost
142 1 mouth
143 1 nat
144 1 neet
145 1 noon
146 1 nose
147 1 nosethirles
148 1 Now
149 1 ny
150 1 on
151 1 Or
152 1 out
153 1 pace
154 1 pardee
155 1 payde
156 1 preest
157 1 propre
158 1 pultrye
159 1 Reed
160 1 rekenynge
161 1 rente
162 1 REVE
163 1 Reves
164 1 reyn
165 1 right
166 1 round
167 1 scarsly
168 1 sclendre
169 1 seed
170 1 sette
171 1 shal
172 1 shave
173 1 sheep
174 1 shire
175 1 so
176 1 sowes
177 1 sowne
178 1 spade
179 1 staat
180 1 staf
181 1 stelen
182 1 stood
183 1 stoor
184 1 stywardes
185 1 swerd
186 1 swich
187 1 swyn
188 1 syde
189 1 Syn
190 1 synne
191 1 taille
192 1 take
193 1 temple
194 1 ten
195 1 than
196 1 theron
197 1 therto
198 1 therwithal
199 1 thombe
200 1 though
201 1 To
202 1 toft
203 1 tollen
204 1 took
205 1 top
206 1 towne
207 1 twenty
208 1 Upon
209 1 us
210 1 vitaille
211 1 Was
212 1 wayted
213 1 wel
214 1 wered
215 1 weren
216 1 werte
217 1 wheither
218 1 whit
219 1 wisdom
220 1 wise
221 1 wiste
222 1 wit
223 1 wood
224 1 Worthy
225 1 wyde
226 1 wynne
227 1 yaf
228 1 yeer
229 1 yeldynge
230 1 Ylyk
231 1 ysene
232 1 yshorn