The English Words With the Most Meanings (Break Has 75)
“Break” has 75 separate meanings in WordNet, “cut” 70 and “run” 57. Easy words average 7 meanings each; rare words average 2. The top 20.
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Which Letter Starts the Most English Words? S, C and P, by a Mile
S starts 11.2% of common English words, C 10.7% and P 8.4%. Together they start almost a third. X starts none of the common ones. The full A to Z.
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Why Common Words Are Short: Word Length vs Frequency in 18,745 Words
The words English uses most average 3.8 letters; the rarest average 8.3. We measured the link in our own word list and explain why languages work this way.
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We Analysed 18,745 English Words: Here Is What Our Word List Looks Like
Six in ten English words are nouns, common words are shorter and have far more meanings, and almost half of rare words have just one meaning. The numbers behind our word list.
